Ever since the other boy had arrived half way through the semester, he'd been so blue, he was practically iridescent.

Perhaps living in fear can drive all devils out of a person.

I like a bit of spunk in a lady

she'd played mother and wives. Women in narratives were always defined by their relations.

Also the fact that he's a guy. A girl screws around like Lotto and she's like diseased. Untouchable. But a guy can stick it to a million places and everyone just thinks he's doing what boys do.

Doomed people celebrate peace with sky bombs.

It was mathematical, marriage. Not, as one might expect, additional. It was exponential.

Mathilde and Lotto held hands in the taxi going to brunch, communicating, not speaking.

What she did not tell him balanced neatly with what she did.

When your family dismisses you, like Lotto's did, you create your own family

Don't they understand what fiction is?

Steven Fry on The Da Vinci Code-"It is complete loose stoolwater. It is arse-gravy of the worst kind.

My boys. I don't have them to hold. What do I do with my arms?

Monsters were wild. Monsters were strong. Monsters were fierce and free.If I was monstrous...perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing.

The best gift you can give yourself is to give to someone else

Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas--a whole grammar made of light, for words to hard to speak.

And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the idea that disappoints.

Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust.

How about it's Hillary Clinton, she doesn't connect with people? How about they have nothing in common with her?

The most frequently asked question I hear first-time entrepreneurs ask is, 'How do I know when to launch my product?' The answer, more often than not, should be: 'Now!'

No one has schizophrenia, like having a cold. The patient has not "got" schizophrenia. He is schizophrenic.