You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.

Writing has always had that tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.