There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.

A star appeared...and was momentarily eclipsed by some movement.

Biography always has fulfiled this role. Robinson Crusoe is a biography, as is Tom Jones. You can go through the whole range of the novel, and you will find it is biography. The only difference between one example and the other is that sometimes it's a partial biography and sometimes it's a total biography. Clarissa, for example, is a partial biography of Clarissa and a partial biography of Lovelace. In other words, it doesn't follow Lovelace from when he is in the cradle, though it takes him to the grave.

One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.

Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.