“Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.”

“Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball with sufficient force, with perfect timing, it would perhaps break through the netting, continue on its course, never fall to earth, but go into orbit around the world.”

“Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.”

“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”

“I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of humans. I think maybe I am drowning in the net of humans.”

“This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.”

“Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!”

“Birds sing even when the world is filled with sadness. I don't know why people can't do the same thing.”

“Let the rose fall, another rose
Will bloom upon the self-same tree;
Let the bird die, ere evening close
Some other bird will sing for me.
It is for the beloved to love,
'Tis for the happy to be kind;
Sorrow will more than death remove
The associate links affections bind.”

“Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, seperate, in the evening.”