Presence is more than just being there.

Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.

He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize her, and take her and possess her. He did not know how to explain that he could not touch better or more fully with his hands than he could with his eyes. Seeing encompassed all at once; a touch was limited to one spot at a time.