“Maybe I’m wrong to say this - giving voice to your thoughts is rather like making a vow - but I think I’m destined to wreck my life. I’m far to unconcerned about things that don’t matter. It’s as if I’m throwing nothingness back into nothingness in a sort of rage. ‘Lost time should be lost. What’s empty should never be turned to profit’. That’s my kind of nobility, What wouldn’t I give to be able to float, sleeping, above the boredom of life, all those moments when you can’t help thinking you could be somewhere else.” - Gracq, A Dark Stranger