I want to be a well-rounded human being with none of these knotty lumps of rage and guilt and self-disgust.

“Anyway, all I'm saying is that there was this time--maybe it was a day, maybe a…”

“One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable futu…”

“Oh, it was a complicated business, loving art. It involved a lot more ill will …”

“[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the rest of it…”