Time, for a man who has never truly felt a second of it, it not a great sacrifice

My mother insured that a life of petty facts and dutiful farming was kept at bay by her passionate intensity, which nurtured the essential dreaminess of his nature

Lucky people should hide. Pray the days of wrath do not visit their home.

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths.

That is my story, simply told. Please do not ask again. I have told you in order to issue a warning. I have been damaged. Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

We learn from tragedy. Slowly.

For why trap what is already trapped? It is only in flight that we know the freedom of the bird