Notes for the Newly Winged

the ages — “Life is life and fun is fun, but it’s all so quiet when the goldfish die.” ’ XVIII Captives

He was trying to lose himself. Which meant, he realized, that his great problem right now was to escape from his cage, to discover the way out of the fly-trap, to strike the chord inside himself which would liberate those qualities capable of transforming him from a victim into a winner.