Email is the scourge of our age, ' said Silvia. 'Email and cancer.

It never ceased to amaze me how she just had the facts always, in her head. It occured to me that if, or when, she died, a whole load of facts, a body of knowledge, might disappear without a trace.

The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard and heavy.

Mizuko loved reading the dictionary. She liked it when there were multiple meanings for words and when opposite meanings could be contained.

Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.

Well, then, what's the plan now? You can't stay here forever.'My plan was indeed to stay there forever.

My ability to make up lies on the spot chills me as much as it saves me.

I felt the nauseous shiver in my stomach—everything from rage to empathy to morning sickness—that I had grown used to and now thought of as being love.

The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York.

I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.

No order, no pattern, just chaos. Lots of little universes separated by invisible screens . . .

The irony is that while our world might plead for change, it does its best to suppress it.

The only way to help someone is when you know they cannot return you back.Anything else is just business.

In the hands of food manufacturers, cheese has become an 'ingredient.'

Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.

Mathematics is a language

We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.

Those that consult more, make less mistakes

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

When woman has a newspaper which fear and favor cannot touch, then it will be that she can freely write her own thoughts.

When life gets you down, just remember these three words of wisdom. "Bonk!", "Zap!", and "Yowsers!"