Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

I am on the hunt for constructions. I come into a room and find them whitely merging in a corner.

There is a down-and-outness under true knowledge and a childlike happy arising from it.

My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey.