we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk into the cavern and look around. most of what we think we know about our minds is pseudo-knowledge. we are all such shocking poseurs, so good at inflating the importance of what we think we value.

Most real relationships are involuntary.

evil soon makes tools out of those who don't hate it.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Actors are cave dwellers in a rich darkness which they love and hate.

there is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married people to insinuate that they are not only more fortunate but in some way more moral than you are.

On connecting: Where does one person end and another person begin?