“I never want to be a passive observer of life's possibilities.”

“You cannot possibly remember anything you do not observe; and it is extremely difficult to observe or remember anything that you do not want to remember, or that you are not interested in remembering.”

“It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.”

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”

“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”

“Before I knew escape, life was something to be endured, passively. Now I hunger for it.”