“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“I don't know much about gods, but I think the river is a strong, brown god”

“Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.”

“Do I dare Disturb the universe?”

“For I have known them all already, known them allHave known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”

“It's not much. You begin by thinking there is something extraordinary about it. But you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is.”

“A man can gasp out his life beside you-and you feel none of it. Pity, Sympathy, sure-but you don't feel the pain. Your belly is whole and that's what counts. A half-yard away someone's world is snu...”