“Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego”
“What a commentary on civilization, when being alone is being suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it - like a secret vice”
“When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour.. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race.”