It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way.

I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I want to take that world, and for the first time ever, I feel like I can do it. I’ve survived everything I’ve had to so far. I’m still standing here.

I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling.

So much good, so much evil. Just add water.

It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way.

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.