“...each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone”
“But I feel separated now, as though a clear thin wall rises up distinctly between myself and those staring at me. We can see each other, but we can't cross over.”
“Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together.”
“The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.”
“Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters”
“Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.”