A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. it's like the headlights on a locomotive—turn them inward and you'd have a crash.

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life.

She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.

In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two stations. We must discover security within ourselves.

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.

I am caught like a beast at bay. Somewhere are people, freedom, light, But all I hear is the baying of the pack, There is no way out for me.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.