“...the haunted always take refuge in stillness.”
“Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. His thoughts still haunted him.”
“Art still has truth. Take refuge there.”
“There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.”
“He never spoke of that night again, not to your mother, not to anyone else. He was ashamed for her, for Mickey, for himself. In the hospital, he stopped speaking altogether. Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. His thoughts still haunted him.'~pg 139”
“To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self”