Your world is so… big. And what am I compared to that? How could my tiny existence be enough for you?

His eyes lock on mine, and the wind stops for just a few seconds. But sometimes seconds can last a very long time.

—Avery Williams in The Alchemy of Forever

Could it be that I'm actually happy? I don't trust the feeling enough to call it permanent.

—Avery Williams in The Alchemy of Forever

Why ever long for something from the past when the future brings things that are so much better?

—Avery Williams in The Alchemy of Forever

Can you imagine being forced to stay young forever, watching everyone you know die? How pointless would life seem if you saw that?

—Avery Williams in The Impossibility of Tomorrow

If you set the person free, but they come back to you, well, that's love.

—Avery Williams in The Impossibility of Tomorrow

Through a painting we can see the whole world.

—Hans Hofmann

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

—Art Buchwald

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

—H. L. Mencken

The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.

—John Updike

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.

—John le Carre