To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard

What everyone forgets is that passion is not merely a heightened sensual fusion but a way of life which produces, as in the mystics, an ecstatic awareness of the whole of life.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

She makes use of the soft of the bread for a napkin. She falls asleep at times with shoes on, on unmade beds. When a little money comes in, June buys delicacies, strawberries in the winter, caviar and bath salts.

A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies.

Adolescence is like cactus.

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.