“A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.”

“But at night we began dreaming of Man's perfect world without humanity (57)”

“A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.”

“Many & most moments go by with us hardly aware of their passage. But love & hate & fear cause time to snag you, to drag you down like a spider's web holding fast to a doomed fly's wings. And when you're caught like that you're aware of every moment & movement & nuance.”

“I began to invent something new: a way to hang together without pretending I was whole”

“If there's anything I hate, it's someone telling me "don't" without saying why.”

“We cannot without depraving our minds endeavour to please a lover or husband but in proportion as he pleases us.”