Dylan

“It was in this instant of confusion that I realized for the first time that I am in some degree insane.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer

“I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished pine.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator

“That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator

“By the use of the language of sorrow I had for the time being obliterated my sorrow—so powerful is the charm of words, which for us reduces to manageable entities all the passions that would otherwise madden and destroy us.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Complete Book of the New Sun