If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story. Each of us is a singular narrative, which is constructed, continually, unconsciously, by, through, and in us--through our perceptions, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions; and, not least, our discourse, our spoken narrations. Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives--we are each of us unique.

Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique.

The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--

I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know.

In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases theyre not.

Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design.

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.