But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.

Being alive was all right then: he had not breathed like that for a long time.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories.

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.