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"The sounds of the lonely places are subdued sounds....
There is never complete silence. The wilderness is quiet, but there is always a faint, low rustle or mur-mur. Listening is an art to be cultivated; and the symphonies of the desert or the forest demand a finer ear than do the symphonies of the composers."

"At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home."

We all think of the inconvenience of making an effort.
We're all going to do the right things a little later on. Soon.
But soon slides by so easily. Then we vow we'll try to do better. We all carry that little oppressive weight around in the back of our mind—that we should be living better, trying harder, but we're not. We're all living just about as well as we can at any given moment...

"That is one of the great troubles, I thought, after I hung up. The people you have great empathy with are never conveniently located nearby. Many are, but the rest are scattered far and wide. You see them too seldom.
But you can always pick up right where you left off. You know who they are. They know who you are. No reintroductions required."

Pa?"
"His father was awake. "It's all right, Mat. It is only a storm. The mountains do not mind the storms. There have been many storms upon these rocks."

"This time, my dead love, I am not doing my knightly routine. I have shelved that as inappropriate for the occasion. The old tin-can knight had too many compunctions, scruples, whatevers. For this caper, I am the iceman. I have come here and brought the ice. It is a delivery service. One time only"

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"When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own."

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