“I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.”

“What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.”

“Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.”

“This [...] isn`t something I actually saw, but what you end up remembering isn`t always the same as what you witnessed.”

“You get towards the end of life—no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life. You are allowed a long moment of pause, time enough to ask the question: what else have I done wrong?”

“Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity? Are you sure you aren’t treating yourself to easy self-congratulation, seeking approval, making certain you’re on the right side?”

“You can put it another way, of course; you always can.”