“I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk.”

“The four of us got back into the car. In an instant, I distinctly heard a soundless music. It was the melody of friendship, the sound of a perfectly tuned quartet who got together by chance, four h...”

“Czechs simply dont say theyre going camping or spending time outdoors. They say, in Czech, that they are going into the nature as though nature, proda, is beyond a place in the woods or other forms...”

“The four of us got back into the car. In an instant, I distinctly heard a soundless music. It was the melody of friendship, the sound of a perfectly tuned quartet who got together by chance, four h...”

“Czechs simply don’t say they’re going camping or spending time outdoors. They say, in Czech, that they are going “into the nature” as though nature, příroda, is beyond a place in the woods or other...”

“One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings.”

“I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk.”

“As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story.”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”