I understand so very little. But I am not afraid to look: I am a good observer at last. My eyes are open, and I am not afraid.

We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced.

Goddamn you," Jacob said. "There's no damnation, Jacob. No Heaven but the forest and no God but the hive.

Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want to tell a story?

It was amazing how these events lost their impact, translated through the flat gaze of a video screen.

One doesn't have to understand in order to look. One has to look, in order to understand.

An honest book is almost as good as a friend.