However strenuously the world pulls us apart, however long the absence, we are not changed for being dashed upon the rocks. I knew you then, I know you now, I shall know you again when you come home.

I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.

If I could keep a single moment for all time, that would be the one. I became the very air; I was full of stars.

However strenuously the world pulls us apart, however long the absence, we are not changed for being dashed upon the rocks. I knew you then, I know you now, I shall know you again when you come home.

For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math.

The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.

The truth may not be told. Here is an acceptable lie.