“I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.”

“The wickedness of the world was a part of creation, I knew this, and the Angel of Death had been created on that day when life first appeared, yet i was embittered, I wept for what i had lost and what the world had lost and would yet lose again.”

“I think I grew up that night. It might have been Patrick that lost his virginity, but it was me that lost my innocence.”

“Much have I lost, but much have I had - Maybe it's best things went as they did - and so I give you thanks then God.”

“I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind! There was something so special about that place...even your emotions had an echo...and so much space!”

“I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”