“We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.”
“those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers...”
“What you said was true. we don't live or love in a vacuum. There are people around us who care about us who would be hurt, maybe destroyed if we let ourselves feel what we might want to feel.”
“I sing to the realists .People who accept it like it is .”
“I don't feel guilty for anything. I feel sorry for people who feel guilt.”
“We do not like those who are completely available, who make themselves over to us entirely. They crowd us out. They make us feel uneasy.”