To Be Able To Grasp Something Of

I Began To Draw An Invisible Boundary Between Myself And Other People. No Matter Who I Was Dealing With. I Maintained A Set Distance, Carefully Monitoring The Person’s Attitude So That They Wouldn’t Get Any Closer. I Didn’t Easily Swallow What Other People Told Me. My Only Passions Were Books And Music

The Better You Were Able To Imagine What You Wanted To Imagine, The Farther You Could Flee From Reality.

I Can Bear Any Pain As Long As It Has Meaning.

It Made Her Think Of Laika, The Dog. The Man-made Satellite Streaking Soundlessly Across The Blackness Of Outer Space. The Dark, Lustrous Eyes Of The Dog Gazing Out The Tiny Window. In The Infinite Loneliness Of Space, What Could The Dog Possibly Be Looking At?

If You Want To Talk About Something New, You Have To Make Up A New Kind Of Language.