“People with [Chronic Fatigue] who kill themselves are the millenium's favorite type of disabled citizens-- those who will walk quietly among the healthy, then quietly dispose of themselves. ”
“They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves.”
“The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.”
“Among ourselves (Westerners), the people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forgo ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.”
“Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside.”
“there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”