I've noticed that the children of other nations always seem precocious. That's because the strange manners of their elders have caught our attention most and the children echo those manners enough to seem like their parents.

Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created - nothing.

I was too absorbed to be responsive

You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.

Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.

You really ought to read more books - you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.

You will walk differently alone, dear, through a thicker atmosphere, forcing your way through the shadows of chairs, through the dripping smoke of the funnels. You will feel your own reflection sliding along the eyes of those who look at you. You are no longer insulated; but I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.