“We look about in vain for any semblance of the old authority, the old absolute, for any suitable foothold from which to get a running start.”

“You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”

“It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.”

“I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.”

“I begin my work under the effect of shock, which I can sense and which gets me on the run from reality... In any case, I need a starting point, even if it’s just a speck of dust or a gleam of light.”

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

“In youth, we run into difficulties. In old age, difficulties run into us.”

“the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.”

“I'm suspicious of any mode of transportation that requires a running start.”

“We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.”