"Life is essentially a cheat and a disappointment to a man who has attained forty years, who has for twenty years sweet-talked himself into the believe that life was a good thing."

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."

"I’m not a romantic, I’m a realist. I don’t believe in happy endings, but I do believe in right now."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."