But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved.

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.

Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak.

The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.

Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it.

I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.

As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck.