“This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity.”
“The day stretched out in front of him like an empty road in the desert.”
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
“When you empty out the vessel, you also empty out all the crap floating around in there. The additives. The impurities. It sure feels good. It's a whole body, whole-minded enema.”
“Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.”
“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.”