What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it.
History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.
Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.
Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.
I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.
Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.