If you wish to avoid an unpleasant story you had best put this book down

Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places.

In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly consists of sitting in a room typing, or going to the library and looking something up. Those are not exciting things to watch.

An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does

I found powerful the idea that everything we have is, in effect, stolen from everybody else.