"the way we tend not to write down the most intimate details of our lives, for fear that, once fixed on paper, they'll no longer be ours."
"The past? No, it's not about the past, but about episodes in a timeless, idealized life, which I wrest page by page from my drab current existence to give it some light and shadow."
"Everything blends together, as in that empty room where, every night, a light shines."
"It has taken me almost an entire lifetime to return to my point of departure."
" 'We counted for so little in his life.' "
