“As a child I understood how to give, I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized. -”
“If I’m not showing grace . . . have I forgotten the grace I’ve been shown?”
“I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant.”
“Nobody can know ... just how heavy a burden trying to protect another human being can be. I was still a child. I couldn't have understood the real meaning of my promise.”
“To this day, I am amazed at how many of my problems - most of which had nothing to do with drinking, I believed - have become manageable or have simply disappeared since I quit drinking.”
“When I was a child, I understood the things of my childhood. Now that I have grown into a man, I understand less of the world than I did as a lad.”