“From where it came and to where it goes, I wish I knew, like the river knows.”
“If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there.”
“Knowing where I came from didn't change who I was.”
“Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.”
“I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from; I knew where I was going.”
“Is Joe your father, Zach?'I don't know where the question came from, but it was out, and I couldn't take it back even if I'd wanted to.'No.' Zach shook his head. 'I never knew my dad. I don't know anything about him.”