“Desire wears the brain as much as thought wears it. All my being is agog for chances to shine and to be shared.”

“Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.”

“You came out of the night,
Wearing a mask in white colour.
My eyes were shining
On the wine, and your aura.”

“The day wears heavily, — why, then, ignore it;
Peace is the soul's desire, — such thoughts restore it;
The truth thou art, — it needs not implore it.”

“A hat not much the worse for wear.”

“Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak.”

“all day long
wearing a hat
that wasn't on my head”

“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask.”

“Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.”

“I don't think there was anything in my brain right then except the usual background static -- the kind you get on your radio when it's turned up all the way and tuned to no station at all. My brain had checked to the power, so to speak; the little guy wearing the Napoleon hat inside was showing aces and betting them.”