“He'd somehow lived a detached life, more Like a spectator than a participant in his own existence.”
“When you are born without the ordinary feelings and emotions shared by most other human beings, life looks different to you. It seems at times like a movie you’re walking through, more a spectator than a participant. There is above all a lack of empathy with most of mankind, a sense of detachment. But with detachment comes perspective. The less you care, the more you know, and the more you know the less you care.”
“I Chose to be an active participant in my life rather than a spectator.”
“Life is for participating, not for spectating.”
“A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.”
“The world is made up of participants and spectators, don't be a spectator!”