"I may not have been a lot of places - but I read about things, then make an image up here --(points to his head)--tha…"

"Listening - the rain - it brings out the contours of everything, gives life to a room I can't see. You hear it?...on …"

"The world is invisible to me - with my touch it comes alive. But only one thing at a time. But when it's raining, I f…"

"Of course, most people avoid the subject. You tell them you're blind and they act surprised. "You're blind? Really? I…"

"Just for a second I felt like I could see you - all of you."

"Amy. I want the chance to see. The chance to see Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, apples, raisins, a buffalo, a car…"

"This is just great - I don't believe this. What's that saying - stop the world I wanna get off."

"I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I've woken up from a thirty year sleep - and the world's passed me by."

"I was better off blind. People don't have these expectations of you you can't live up to. You're blind - fine - they …"

"Some seeing eye dog, more like sleeping eye dog."