“Everyone is so obsessed with themselves nowadays that they have no time for me.”

“I'm wrong. My house isn't a volcano-I am, and the past two years have created a dormant giant who no longer will tolerate being ignored. I'm tired of this. Tired of how everyone's become so obsessed with themselves, obsessed with the moment, that we've ceased caring what's going to happen next.”

“He was possessed now with that obsession for the cross in which so many lips have worn themselves away on crucifixes.”

“Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible to everyone at all times, and it is the person who refuses to be on call, rather than the importunate caller, who is considered rude.”

“Everyone needed an obsession.”

“Times are really bad. Everyone is writing a book and quoting themselves.”