“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
“I am a part of all that I have met.”
“I am a part of all I have read.”
“Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.”
“All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.”
“Warmth, perfume, rugs, soft lights, books. They do not appease me. I am aware of time passing, of all the world contains that I have not seen, of all the interesting people I have not met.”