"Writing is the art of listening to the whispers of the world."
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
"Greatness is a lot of small things done well."
"Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm."
We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.