“we walk the plank with strangers.”

“It is a terrible thing to be so open: it is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world.”

“I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...”

“They missed every time, and with that wary judgment that comes with experience, I watched the dirty snowballs coming at me, behind and in front, and, sick with wonder, kept walking slowly, determinedly, ready to parry a good hit before it struck. But none struck, and with a tolerant smile that was a superior lie, I walked on.”

“The big men are all deaf; they don't want to hear the little squeaking as they walk across the street on cleated boots.”

“There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. There is an off-focus light cast by the moon, and the streetlights are part of the spotlight apparatus on a bare stage set up for you to walk through. You get a feeling of being listened to, so you talk aloud, softly, to see how it sounds.”

“I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night.”