"It was hard to know this as politics, because it plays like the work of one person, but nothing is isolated in history- certain humans are situations." Section 1, "As for we who 'love to be astonished,'" page 12.

"A life no more free than the life of a lost puppy." Section 1, "It seemed that we had hardly begun and we were already there," page 15.

"This simply means that the imagination is more restless than the body." Section 2, "A name trimmed with colored ribbons," page 18.

"Solitude was the essential companion." Section 2, "What is the meaning hung from that depend." page 20.

"When what happens is not intentional, one can't ascribe meaning to it, and unless what happens is necessary, one can't expect it to occur again." Section 2, "What is the meaning hung from that depend," page 22.

"It is a way of saying, I want you, too, to have this experience...