“I'm not a bit changed--not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real ME--back here--is just the same.”

“But don't go thinking that I'm critical of you, Anton, because really I'm not. Not a bit! It's just that you're not here. I'm alone and I'm frightened and you're not here. And you're not ever going to be here for me.”

“And just because I've written this book, don't think I've changed. I'm like I was back then, really.”

“Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.”

“I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.”

“I always said I'm just an instrument; I'm transparent, like a medium, the language passes through me. Which is a bit like saying I'm a recording device, I start and I go. I had a real connection to ongoing, language production in real time.”