My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.
Most self-laceration is more noisy than painful.
Many who take up burdens come to resent being put upon.
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex minus reason
My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love.