“I
was set free! I dissolved in the sea, became white sails and flying
spray, became beauty and rhythm, became moonlight
and the ship and the
high dim-starred sky! I belonged, without past or future, within peace
and unity and a wild joy, within
something greater than my own life, or
the life of Man, to Life itself!.. I have had the same experience,
became the sun,
the hot sand, green seaweed anchored to a rock, swaying
in the tide. Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of
things
as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see, and
seeing the secret, you are the secret.
For a second there is meaning!” 
___ Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Never having read or seen this play, I was not aware of the terse, compact language of Mr. O'Neil. The play covers one day in the life of a disfunctional family and is probably not appropriate for a High School presentation -- maybe stick to "Music Man" , or some happy pap, there.
Many can separate themselves from life for a few seconds but few can describe it . . .
Just got a copy of this play in the mail for a cent. I would like to find out the context of this quote.
