“Let’s talk.” I pinned Red to his chair with my stare. I did deranged quite well, when the occasion required.”
“I did deranged quite well, when the occasion called for it.”
“He sits next to me and puts his arm on the back of my chair, leaning close. I don't stare back -- I refuse to stare back.I stare back.”
“I sat there for three hours and did not feel the time or the boredom of our talk and its foolish disconnection. As long as I could hear his voice, I was quite lost, quite blind, quite outside my own self.”
“When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. ”
“I heard people talking about what this Red Army did to any Germans they captured, and this only added to my fears.”