Understanding why is never enough.
Usually the things you dislike in a person are his defenses against fear.
When one must sit with the snobs, one belongs with the frightened.
Flippancy may be a lance tilted in the face of fear.
Anxiety was comfortable to me because it was familiar. If none existed, unconsciously I stirred it up to destroy the unfamiliarity of calm.
The outer prisons are made by the community to contain those who have dared break its laws. The inner prisons each man makes for himself because of what he feels are his transgressions.