“I felt a rush of trust--felt that life might be not just tolerable but beautiful, if I could only remember to find the bare Present. ”
“I felt so happy I could barely stay in my skin”
“I felt as though I was rushing into a burning building to discover the ideas I needed for my own life.”
“I knew that Kitty and I felt just the same- only, of course, about different things. I should have remembered this, later.”
“But when I heard his voice, I felt content. When I was with him, I felt beautiful and happy. And there was nothing I could do about it.”
“I felt horribly obvious. I wished I were invisible to myself- that I could see the illusion so that I could trust it”