"When a child does not know and cannot describe, in words or in play, what has happened to him, it dominates his life" (Part 1, Chapter 2, pg. 8.)

"I have made a good choice to come to Glenwood; I feel a renewal of the certainty I felt on my first visit" (Part 1, Chapter 2, pg. 10.)

"'Words are angels, messengers - but suddenly, in this airless room, I have no words, no message, nothing to bring here" (Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 12.)

"The terror of what I am doing suddenly takes my breath away, empties my mind of all words, while the angel in the magazine stares back at me, implacable" (Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 13.)

"And, for a long time, I do write exactly what I think about my own work. Until it begins to touch my own life too closely" (Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 15.)

"Is he trying to provoke me? Showing me his anger for...