“We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.”

“We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?”

“Possible, impossible. What could be done? We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?”

“We are survivors, of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”

“We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat.”

“with shrunken fingerswe ate our oranges and bread,shivering in the parked car;though we know we had neverbeen there before,we knew we had been there before.”

“We lived, as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.”