We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change" (p. 24).

People see what they want to see. And in most cases, what they are told to see" (p. 33).

This is all a lie ... The dead are not hovering nearby to knock politely at teacups and tabletops and whisper through billowing curtains" (p. 48).

How is anything better than anything else here? How is one tent comparable to another? How can any of this possibly be judged? (p. 149)

I cannot use anything she does for my own purposes. The sides need to remain separate. If we were playing a game of chess, I could not simply remove her pieces from the board. My only option is to retaliate with my own pieces when she moves hers" (p. 164).

The finest pleasures are always the unexpected ones" (p. 175).

I am finding it difficult to discern between sleep and awake...I do...