Questions invaded my mind and I was young and skeptical, wanting to believe in the power of the mind, wanting to believe in the power of intellectual… - Sherwood Anderson

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have.

To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life.

"Doctor Parcival began to plead with George Willard. "You must pay attention to me," he urged. "If something happens perhaps you will be able to write the book that I may never get written. The idea is very simple, so simple that if you are not careful you will forget it. It is this - that everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified. That's what I want to say. Don't you forget that. Whatever happens, don't you date let yourself forget.