“A sense of his own identity came upon him with a sudden force, and he felt the power of it. He was himself, and he knew what he had been.” SelfPowerIdentity Author:John Williams (Stoner)
“At last he realized that she wished only to die, and wished to do so where she had lived; and he knew that she deserved the little dignity she could find in doing as she wanted to do.” DeathDignity Author:John Williams (Stoner)
“As he sanded the old boards for his bookcases, and saw the surface roughnesses disappear, the gray weathering flake away to the essential wood and finally to a rich purity of grain and texture— as he repaired his furniture and arranged it in the room, it was himself that he was slowly shaping, it was himself that he was putting into a kind of order, it was himself that he was making possible.” IdentityInterior Design Author:John Williams (Stoner)