In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets.

...not deciding to act would be identical with deciding not to act.

A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.

Sometimes my doubt seems intuitive, but most likely it derives from an implausibility or a logical problem I may at first find difficult to identify and articulate. It is interesting to me to work through questions that arise in this way.

She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere." It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.

Salvation was universally considered to be much more becoming in women than in men.

... but it's your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined.