"You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement."

"I never felt that I had been a part of anything, or that I had belonged anywhere."

"I'm a failure. I'm a washout. I'm a has-been."

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

"I'm not a fan of happy people. I'm a fan of real people."