“Writing things down is dangerous. Ink can’t be erased without leaving a mess behind.”

“Leave it to a man to mess things up”

“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.”

“Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force”

“What is the purpose of throwing aside and leaving behind all the corporeal things down on Earth if your only wish is to receive the same things in heaven?”

“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”

“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”

“Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.”

“Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.”

“Some things are taken away from you, some you leave behind—and some you carry with you, world without end.”