Cellist Quotes

“As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And, as you read and re-read, the book of course participates in the creation of you, your thoughts and feelings, the size and temper of your soul.”

“It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever.”

“A bullet leaves evidence that a mortar doesn't.”

“It screamed downward, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded.”

“The choices she's made have left her without choice.”

“Do they hate the idea of her, because she's different from them, and that in this difference there might be some sort of inferiority or superiority that is hers or theirs, that in the end threatens the potential happiness of everyone?”

“... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions.”

“You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you.”

“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”