“I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like thesternness and stillness of the world under this frost.”

“under the iron bridge we kissed and although I ended up with sore lips it just wasn't like the old days anymore. No, it wasn't like those days. Am I still ill?”

“To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.”

“I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.”

“The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.”

“On day one of the drive, I saw my first dome sky. The world was so flat that I could see the level horizon all around me and the sky looked like a dome. Skies like that will give you perspective when nothing else will. The second day, a tumbleweed blew across the interstate. I’m in a western movie, I said to myself, laughing. I found it so much easier to laugh now that this weight had been lifted from my shoulders.”