"A philosophical question: If a tree falls in a forest an no one is around to hear it, does it make sound? And if a woman who's wholly alone occasionally talks to a pot plant, is she certifiable? I think that it's perfectly normal to talk to oneself occasionally. It's not as though I'm expecting a reply. I'm fully aware that Polly is a houseplant."

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”