Writers will be judged by what they write.

I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!” That’s what I’d like people to hear.

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.

It's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.

What good are insights? They only make things worse.

I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.