“⁠The surrounding world is different for each of us, despite moving in a common world”

“The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.”

“They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.”

“Intercourse is a world that moves through the sexed world of dominance and submission. It moves in descending circles, not in a straight line, and as in a vortex each spiral goes down deeper.”

“God gave each of us a soul, which is a candle that He gives us to illuminate our surroundings with His light. We must not only illuminate the inside of homes, but also the outside, and the world at large.”

“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world; but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.”

“None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)”

“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name — and moving on.”

“None of us move through this world as individuals in isolation. We are all the constellations of people in our lives who believe in us, trust us, and empower us to do the work that it takes to make each moment possible.”

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.”