“More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.”
“I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.”
“He felt more human with his boots on. A man can face the world with something on his feet.”
“With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face real humans?”
“When there was nothing left to gain, nothing more to lose, when one was face-to-face with the moment of greatest despair, to speak to God in love and thanks, rather than to curse Him and one's fate, was the ultimate choice of any human creature, and perhaps the ultimate expression of one's humanity.”
“the tyranny of the human face”