The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and blind. Without eyes or ears, they have no frame of reference-and without a frame of reference, they have no clear identities.

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.

My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.

We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.

The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and blind. Without eyes or ears, they have no frame of reference-and without a frame of reference, they have no clear identities.

Happiness, happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.