He wasn’t a talkative man to begin with, and in all aspects of life—as though it were a kind of mouth infection he wanted to avoid catching—he never talked about his feelings.

“The well bottom is like the bottom of the sea. Things down here stay very still…”

“If there are this many visible parts of my body that are worse than normal peop…”

“I am struck by how, except when you're young, you really need to prioritize in …”

“I’ve become quite efficient, both technically and physically, at opening a hole…”