Gratitude’s Got A Short Half-life, Clarice.

When You Feel Strain, Keep Your Mouth Shut If You Can.

You Will Not Persuade Me With Appeals To My Intellectual Vanity.

Being Smart Spoils A Lot Of Things, Doesn't It?

I Think It's Easy To Mistake Understanding For Empathy - We Want Empathy So Badly. Maybe Learning To Make That Distinction Is Part Of Growing Up. It's Hard And Ugly To Know Somebody Can Understand You Without Even Liking You.

When Will Graham Could Open His Right Eye, He Saw The Clock And Knew Where He Was- An Intensive-care Unit. He Knew To Watch The Clock. Its Movement Assured Him That This Was Passing, Would Pass. That's What It Was There For.