“Walter Pater said that all the arts aspire to the condition of music, but Ive always felt that music aspires to the condition of words.”

“The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through ”

“I'm heading for a clean-named placelike Wisconsin, and mad as a jack-o'-lantern, will get therewithout help and nosy proclivities.”

“A little bunny or some kind of ferret was probablythere too, and bore witness as only rodents can.”

“Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision”

“How many people came and stayed a certain time,Uttered light or dark speech that became part of youLike light behind windblown fog and sandFiltered and influenced by it, until no partRemains that i...”

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”

“I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myse...”