Longing on a large scale makes history.
All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots.
I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.
Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.
In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It's everywhere and nowhere.
People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life.