"it would be different if a man groveled somewhere where not a single minute of life was lost in futility, where every minute was a storing of rich experience and knowledge; but to fritter away one's entire existence in a place where absolutely nothing looms ahead, where years and years are spent in "
"I saw that i must fly from my own self if I wished to keep alive and have at least the shadow of peace enter my devastated soul."
"Something is very wrong and all men are mild lunatics engaged in pursuits that seem to them very important while an absurdly logical force keeps them at their futile jobs--this is the real 'message' of the story."