Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.

Did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without bleeding?

In any case, suffice it to say I enjoyed hearing about faraway places. I had stocked up a whole store of these places, like a bear getting ready for hibernation. I'd close my eyes, and streets would materialize, rows of houses take shape. I could hear people's voices, feel the gentle, steady rhythm of their lives, those people so distant, whom I'd probably never know.

Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.

Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me.

At the entrance to the original tower, there is a stone into which Jung carved some words with his own hand: 'Cold or not, God is present.