"I'm not a writer who can describe things. I just describe the process of thought."

"I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on—and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone."

"Existence precedes essence."

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."