“If I wasn't doing this, I'd be doing something else.”
“There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.”
“I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right thing.”
“If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.”
“Im a scientist, once I do something, I want to do something else.”
“He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.”