“But all sudden things come from a deep study of conversion -- they are sudden only on the surface.”

“The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche”

“That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”

“Most of the troubles in life come on all of a sudden.”

“Things are never as they seem. A person. A Mark. A statement. They are always deeper than we perceive, like walking in the ocean and suddenly dipping under the surface because the bottom has disappeared beneath your feet. The water appears shallow until you are suddenly flailing around beneath the surface, desperately searching for stable ground once again.”

“Suddenness," he says. " You do not prepare, you do not explain, you do not apologize. Suddenly, you go. And with you, you take all contemplation, all consideration of your own departure. All the suffering that would have come from knowing comes after you are gone, and you are not a part of it.”