Extraits

“You know, I used to love looking at the stars at night. I used to think they were put there to guide us. Now I know they are just watching and winking, mute observers, bemused by our failures and our loss.”

“Why should I learn of another world, a vaster world, if it means regretting my whole life until now? Who wants to be made to loathe what they have? Small as it is, my life is mine.”

One night reviled, Before break of morn, Amid the roses wild, All tangled in thorns, The shadow and the child Together were born.

“The not-yet-ness tastes sweeter than the thing you're waiting for.”