We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of burning neuroses acting ourselves wicked. And nothing to be done about it. And nothing to be done about it.

When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims.

We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out.

Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil and maybe slpits apart and multiplies. So every evil thing is a sign of the absence of deity

In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats.

They moved together, blue diamonds on a green field.

No," she cried, "no, no, I'm not a harem, I'm not a woman, I'm not a person, no.