You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.

A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.

The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance.

The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.

But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk.

Wars of small kingdoms and forgotten lands, what do chessmen dream of in the dark?