Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places.

A big lie is more plausible than truth.

The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.

I don’t. I don’t want anybody else to touch you. I’m silly. I get furious if they touch you.

When things are going well, I like to have people to share it with. I've been alone in troubled times, and I don't mind that. Some things have to be endured alone. As Hemingway said, the human being is strong in all the broken places.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.