“An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does”

“If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.”

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

“One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.”

“If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels; and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.”

“Death is something you cannot escape, such as death, or a cheesecake that has curdled, both of which always turn up sooner later.”

“Some people think destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death or a curdled cheesecake, both of which always turn up sooner or later.”