“How was it possible to wake up every day and be recognizable to another when so often one was barely recognizable to oneself?”
“This was one lesson that the war taught me - that every event in time presents opportunities that are recognizable only to those with enough sensibility to see them, that it is possible to thrive in adversity in the needs of the rulers are pandered to.”
“The only recognizable feature of hope is action.”
“Duck love is recognizable in any language.”
“It doesn't matter where or how far you go - the farther commonly the worse - the important thing is how alive you are. Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love.”
“How can I remember a world that isn't mine? One that isn't the one I wake up in every day now?”