“I had come to regard him as a loner with no real past and a future so vague that there was no sense talking about it.”

“My sense of weightlessness, I think, comes from the fact that I know so little about my past..”

“It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we" with a certain inflection of assurance, to hear him invoke "others" and regard himself as their interpreter - for me to consider him my enemy.”

“History is important because it teaches us about past. And by learning about the past, ypu come to understand the present, so that you may make educated decisions about the future.”

“The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without past and future, the present is partial. All time is eternally present and so all time is ours. There is no sense in forgetting and every sense in dreaming. Thus the present is made rich.”

“I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.”