Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

...and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie.

What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree.

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time

People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

How could I tell the doctor what was wrong with me? I didn't understand it myself. I couldn't articulate the pain; it was the pain of nothingness. My fear was of the weather, the atmosphere, the very air. What good did safety tips do me now? 'Avoid water, metal objects, rooftops; stay off the telephone in a storm, don't think glass can protect you; even if a storm was 8 miles away, you're still not safe from a strike. Avoid life perhaps that was the answer. The number one safety tip, stay away from it all.