“A joy without object or reason rose within him, but like all such joys ebbed into frustration almost immediately because he did not know how to express it.”

“While leaning over the toilet getting up his nerve, he thought that the moment before making yourself throw up must be very like the instant before suicide. You are almost content to bear the sickening headache and the torment in your stomach rather than go through that moment. But the prospect of relief made you foolhardy and you jammed your finger down your throat.”

“A dog is not "almost human", and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.”

“Life is not just something to be endured. It is to be lived in joy, in a fullness without limit (p.82)”

“A vast tenderness swept him, and a great reverence. Now she belonged to him and her face was his to shield. In regret and joy he draped her, his personal Torah, which now must be returned to the ark to await their covenant.”

“Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?”

“Without pain, How can we know joy?”