Nykolai Duranenko

“One of the odd things about being himself ... was that there seemed to be several of him, that he wasn't just one person but a collection of contradictory selves, and each time he was with a different person, he himself was different as well.”
― Paul Auster, 4 3 2 1

“Time moved in two directions because every step into the future carried a memory of the past”
― Paul Auster, 4 3 2 1

“Adolescence feeds on drama, it is most happy when living in extremis, and Ferguson was no less vulnerable to the lure of high emotion and extravagant unreason than any other boy his age ...”
― Paul Auster, 4 3 2 1

“... and while all people were bound together by the common space they shared, their journeys through time were all different, which meant that each person lived in a slightly different world from everyone else.”
― Paul Auster, 4 3 2 1