It Touched Me To Be

He Can't Really Love Anyone, You Know, And In The End Such People Are Always Alone, No Matter How Much Other People Once Loved Them.

You Are A Total Stranger And You Want To Take My Library Book.

Sometimes People Damage Paintings Or Sculpture Because They Love It. They Throw Their Arms Around A Statue In A Fit Of Hysterical Passion And It Falls Over.

I Was Filled With Angst In College, That I Struggled With The Question Of My Future, The Meaning Of My Life - Spoiled Sheltered Rich Girl Collides With Great Books And Is Devastated By Her Own Banality.

As A Historian, I Have Learned That, In Fact, Not Everyone Who Reaches Back Into History Can Survive It. And It Is Not Only Reaching Back That Endangers Us; Sometimes History Itself Reaches Inexorably Forward For Us With Its Shadowy Claws.