“As long as were comparing analogies, Jack added, how about this one? A person being chased by a bear doesnt have to be able to run faster than the bear. He only has to be faster than his slowest co...”

“He leaned towards me, and I did what any reasonable person would do when facing imminent death by being eaten alive. I screamed.”

“Nothing seems to tempt fate more than mentioning the possibility of something bad happening.”

“As long as we’re comparing analogies,” Jack added, “how about this one? A person being chased by a bear doesn’t have to be able to run faster than the bear. He only has to be faster than his slowes...”

“Last night I had the dream again. Except it's not a dream I know because when it comes for me, I'm still awake.There's my desk. The map on the wall. The Stuffed animals I don't play with anymore bu...”

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innume...”

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are fac...”