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“There were no reasons so mighty that they could override the desire to be in accord with the tides and the passage of seasons and the rhythms underlying everything around me.”

“It was entirely in keeping with his personality to become set on something and follow it, regardless of the consequences. To let an impulse become a compulsion, especially if he thought he was contributing to a cause greater than himself.”

“I was adapting to it, but at times like this, I remembered that just a day ago I had been someone else.”

“During all that time, I could never get beyond the mask, could never find the man I have known inside of him.”

“At the time, I was seeking oblivion, and I saw in those blank, anonymous faces, even the most painfully familiar, a kind of benign escape. A death that would not mean being dead.”