In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects.

Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I could not abide?

Once, I had a dream of fame. Generally, even then, I was lonely.

What do any of us ever truly know?

The morning’s recollection of the emptiness of the day before. Its anticipation of the emptiness of the day to come.

Can Protagonist think of a single film that interests him as much as the three-hundredth best book he ever read?

Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed to have no sexual encounter whatsoever?

I also believe I met William Gaddis once. He did not look Italian.

You will say that I am old and mad, was what Michaelangelo wrote, but I answer that there is no better way of being sane and free from anxiety than by being mad.

All my life I've wanted to tell people I love them. Fear usually held me back, that they wouldn't care, or they wouldn't hear, or they would take too much from me once they knew.

We are far, far stronger than our pain

Every danger loses some of its terror once its causes are understood.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

Ethics is a bit like culture: the less one has, the more one flaunts it.

There is no problem that is not actually a gift.

The amount of customers who take pictures before they eat is insane.

Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.

As Danand Ian over at the Lifestyle Business Podcast say: Rush to failure.