Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

...they came to see what happened to their town, to see if it was indeed lying burnt and bleeding. Many of them also came to die.

...stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel sh*t from a sitting position.

Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.

Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.

Successful rebellions always begin in secret.

There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.