Seeing the Light

'"Phimie gave me hope. ...

"All my life, I've lived just to get through the day. First survival. Then achievement, acquisition. Houses, investments, antiques ... There's nothing wrong with any of that. But it didn't fill the emptiness. Maybe one day I'll return to medicine. But that's a hectic existence, and right now I want peace, calm, time to reflect. Whatever I do from here on ... I want my life to have a degree of purpose it's never had before."'

-- Dean Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye