“I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.”

“I have been transcribing those poems and considering how lucky we are to live longer than flowers, even if not much happens to us.”

“Individuals had never much cared what had happened in the past, or would happen in the future, or how much others of their kind suffered or lacked. They did not care how many others died providing they lived. And government, to those who did not govern, had been largely a matter of indifference unless it happened to have a detrimental effect on the lives of individuals. Then, maybe, if the individuals had felt strongly enough, they had held protests, gone on strike, or started revolutions.”

“Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.”

“It is often woman who inspires us with the great things that she prevents us from accomplishing”

“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”