“It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.”
“To give them credit, they tried. But how couldthey know? I wasn't shy. I was heartbroken. I'm still heartbroken. It's a permanent state of being.”
“I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.”
“For what it's worth, I think happiness is a fleeting condition, not a permanent state of goddamn mind. I've learned that if you chase after moments of bliss here and there, sometimes those moments will sustain you through the shit.”
“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”
“I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.”