There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.

If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.

...all them things I don't know could get you killed if I come to know them

It's easier to die if others around you are dying.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.