I know about her, although she has never crossed my path," he said softly. "I know about her struggles and her defeats. It is because of her defeats that she is to me the lovely one. Out of her defeats she has been born a new quality in woman. I have a name for it. I call it Tandy. I made up the name when I was a true dreamer and before my body became vile. It is the quality of being strong to be loved. It is something men need from women and that they do not get.

It is all right you're saying you do not need other people, but there are a lot of people who need you.

It was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.

I am a lover and have not found my thing to love. That is a big point if you know enough to realize what I mean. It makes my destruction inevitable, you see. There are few who understand that.

You must try to forget all you have learned,” said the old man. “You must begin to dream. From this time on you must shut your ears to the roaring of the voices.

It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect.

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.