A man lies upon the floor, spreads his arms, and transforms himself into a ship of a thousand sails.

Why did they come billions of miles just to stare at us? It's rude.

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing. Cruelty isn’t a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.

Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.

So often the monsters that crowd our minds are nothing more than the strange and thoroughly alien progeny of our own fearful fantasies.

You are the nest. You are the hatchling. You are the chrysalis. You are the progeny. You are the rot that falls from stars. You may not understand what I mean. You will.

You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If everything was good, then nothing would be good.

It's almost dawn. You can feel it coming. The world holds its breath, because there's really no guarantee that the sun will rise. That there was a yesterday doesn't mean there will be a tomorrow.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.

In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.

Those who have little shall have less, and that those who have much shall take all that others have left.