There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one's attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius.
Dan SimmonsThe young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.
Dan SimmonsIt started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri
Dan SimmonsShe had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things - the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.
Dan Simmons