My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen, just that it matters. It matters not just to us but to the entire universe.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing to feel.

I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

The novelist helps us to see things we might not notice otherwise.

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.