“I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.”

“I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. It is my duty to voice the sufferings of people, the sufferings that never end and are as big as mountains.”

“Since I started to eat better I’ve never felt so good.”

“Must admit it felt good. First time in years anybody ever admitted I was right.”

“I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.”

“Some felt I'm not academically qualified, and they're right.”

“I felt I had I worked hard enough and I felt confident I had done the right kind of work and the right amount of work. But when you talk of preparations, the measure of success is whether it works or not. In that area, I failed completely. I did not stay the course. When you hit the right spot, the sweet spot, it feels great and you feel the preparations have been ideal, but I never got there.”

“I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”

“Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off.”

“He had never felt entirely comfortable around Raphael. Raphael seemed to him like Loki or some other trickster God, sometimes working for good and sometimes for evil, but always in his own interests.”