“I have arranged my little life.”

“I have been here five days. I have decided on a place to eat in at midday, a place to eat in at night, a place to have my drink in after dinner. I have arranged my little life.”

“I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.”

“I must write. If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will not have earned death.”

“I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any. ”

“She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.”

“Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.”