I Think It's Horrible That We Turks

I Am A Highly Disciplined Person. I Get Up At Seven Every Morning And, Still In My Pajamas, Sit Down At My Desk Where My Checkered Ring Binders And My Fountain Pen Are Ready For Use. I Try To Write Two Pages Every Day.

I Am Nothing But A Corpse Now, A Body At The Bottom Of A Well.

In The Mornings I Used To Say Goodbye To My Wife Like Someone Going To Work. I'd Leave The House, Walk Around A Few Blocks, And Come Back Like A Person Arriving At The Office.

The Sight Of Snow Made Her Think How Beautiful And Short Life Is And How, In Spite Of All Their Enmities, People Have So Very Much In Common; Measured Against Eternity And The Greatness Of Creation, The World In Which They Lived Was Narrow. That's Why Snow Drew People Together. It Was As If Snow Cast A Veil Over Hatreds, Greed, And Wrath And Made Everyone Feel Close To One Another. -- Snow Pg 119

I Don't Want To Be A Tree; I Want To Be Its Meaning.