“Kindness isn't so difficult, when the object is worthy.”

“And she finds it difficult to believe—that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need, trying to be worthy.”

“Rich and famous and doing good," mused Schlichtmann. "Rich isn't so difficult. Famous isn't so difficult. Rich and famous together aren't so difficult. Rich, famous, and doing good--now, that's very difficult.”

“Subject and object are not as distinct as most people think. If the boundary separating the two isn't clear-cut to begin with, it is not such a difficult task to intentionally shift back and forth from one to the other.”

“It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.”

“information is simultaneously a relationship,an action, and an area of shared mind. What it isn't is a noun.Information is not a thing. It isn't an object. It isn't something that,when you sell it or have it stolen, ceases to remain in your possession. Itdoesn't have a market value that can be objectively determined.”