"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."
"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in."
"A flame emerged from a single unseen point and from the center of this flame sparks sprang forth, each carrying its cargo of light. Somehow, no one knows why the frail vessels broke open, split asunder, and all the sparks were scattered, like sand, like seeds, like stars."
