“And yet life was not long enough, no time could be too long, to talk to someone whose mind answered your mind, so that conversation was like a double set of thoughts, carrying each other along indefinitely.”

“And yet there's one question whose answer I have thought out, and it suddenly comes to mind . . . 'Stay with me.”

“I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.”

“I learned a long, long time ago, that I could accomplish things in this place we call reality and yet still spend most of my time in the better reality of my mind.”

“What?” – Sundown“I have never in my extremely long life seen anyone take so long to answer a question. It’s like you went into your mind and got lost. You need a bread crumb, buddy? Here, Lassie, here. Come back, girl.” – Sasha”

“So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It's quite possible to go through your whole life, making the mechanical motions of living, adopting as your own sets of ideas you've come to any conclusion for yourself as to what life is all about.”