"It's always difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts in person. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little birds, and I can do almost what I want with them; whereas when I try to marshal them in the open air, they fly away from me."
- Philippe Claudel, Brodeck
The words of strangers fare so well in describing my very thoughts and sentiments, so much better than my own.