“Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story”

“And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything, like information and laughter and summer weather and so many stories.”

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

“It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.”

“If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way”

“It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.”

“I long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely.”

“Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.”

“Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough.”

“I have no way of knowing that your story is not true — but you have no way of knowing that my story isn't true. So I will choose the one that I love. I will close the one that, if it's true, makes this reality one worth living in. I'll act as if the life I hope for is real life, and the life that disgusts me — your life, your view of life — is the lie.”