I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel.

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams.

If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you!

What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?

There was some justice in his pain

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.