I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you.
Arthur GoldenI stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.
Arthur GoldenWhat an unbearable sorrow it would be, to realized I'd never really tasted to things I'd eaten, or seen the places I'd been. What life would I have? I would be like the dancer who had practiced since childhood for a performance she would never give.
Arthur Golden