There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.

If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die.

She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose.

The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation.

Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.

A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially plaques anyone who lives behind a mask. An elephant in her disquise as a human princess, a scarecrow with painted features, a glittering tiara under which to glow and glide in anonymous glamour. A witch's hat, a wizards stole, a scholars gown, a soldiers dress sartorials. A hundred ways to duck the question: how will I live with myself now that I nkow what I know.