The hour that burst the spirit's sleep.

Well, everybody has a history.

I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.

When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.

Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

And I said to myself that unless you conceive Death to be a violent guerrilla and kidnaper who snatches those you love, and if you are not cowardly and cannot submit to such terrorism as civilized people now do in every department of life, you must pursue and inquire and explore every possibility and seek everywhere and try everything.