“Empty, I echo to the least footfall”

“I talk to God but the sky is empty.”

“If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could.”

“I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.”

“I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently.”

“I'm collecting my strength; one day I shall manage without her, and she'll perish with emptiness then, and begin to miss me”

“Masks are the order of the day - and the least I can do is cultivate the illusion that I am gay, serene, not hollow and afraid.”