1. Vibrations in the air

    Words are not just vibrations in the air, they work more powerfully than that, and on more powerful objects.

  2. That delicate and complex instrument

    Could that delicate and complex instrument that lies in the human breast ever really produce a reading that was absolutely clear and truthful, like a clock’s hands pointing to numbers on its dial?

  3. Underfoot

    The memory of having sat at someone’s feet will later make you want to trample him underfoot.

  4. Reading

    I suppose it’s because I believe you don’t really become a finer person just by reading lots of books.

  5. A circle of beads

    If you count off a circle of beads, you never reach an end. At what point, and with what feelings, would his fingers cease to move those beads? This may be a silly question, but it haunts me.