“I feel as disappointed as if I'd just opened a parcel full of ghosts.”
“Life is full of disappointments. And by "disappointments" I mean "people.”
“You know, this always happens. Whenever I go away, I always think I'll come back to mountains of exciting posts, with parcels and telegrams and letters full of scintillating news - and I'm always disappointed. In fact, I really think someone should set up a company called holidaypost.com which you would pay to write you loads of exciting letters, just so you had something to look forward to when you got home.”
“I'd say we're all just ghosts on a wire seeking the prick of an electric thought.”
“Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.”
“Do as you like with me. I'm your parcel. I have only our address on me. Open me, or readdress me.”