Well, what I don't get is why do we exist? I don't mean how, but why.' I watched the fireflies of his thoughts orbit his head. He said, 'we exist because we exist. . .we could imagine all sorts of universes like this one, but this is the one that happened.

Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!

We all choose things, and we also all choose against things. I want to be the kind of person who chooses for more than chooses against.

It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.

And yet and yet - the last secret of the tree of codes is that nothing can ever reach a definite conclusion. Nowhere as much as there do we feel possibilities shaken by the nearness of realization. The atmosphere becomes possibilities and we shall wander and make a thousand mistakes. We shall wander along yet not be able to understand.

Do you have any coffee?'...'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.