The startling reality of things is my discovery every single day.

THIRD WATCHER Let her speak. Don't interrupt. She knows words that mermaids taught her...I'm falling asleep in order to hear her...Go on, sister, go on...My heart aches because I wasn't you when you dreamed at the seashore.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

To be understood is to prostitute oneself

It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.

Never read a book to the end, nor even in sequence and without skipping.