Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego.

You begin always knowing nothing. You remain forever an amateur, a first timer.

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.

But, like anyone in love, Madeleine believed that her own relationship was different from every other relationship, immune from typical problems.

Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego.

That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy within

That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.