It wasn’t what I’d characterize as a happy part of my life, living as I was, a balled-up mass of unfulfilled desires. I was much younger, much hungrier, much more alone. But I was myself, pared down to the essentials.

“Here," he said, "get yourself some healthy food. You look awful." I said he had…”

“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one…”

“O amor é isso mesmo meu caro Kafka. Tu é que andas sempre nas nuvens e experime…”

“Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outwar…”