“Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are.”
“You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. ”
“I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.”
“One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.”
“I guess that's the danger with firsts—you lose all sense of proportion. So I made a fool of myself, even though I didn'trealize it at the time. I was so devoted to him.”
“Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...”