I'd internalized an astonishing amount of misogyny growing up that I didn't even recognize until my early twenties.

Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have.

Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’.

I hated the idea of being half of an individual who could only be completed by someone else, the other half. I liked my independence." -Amya

Until we get rid of religion, we won't be able to conduct the search for God.

Those things [t hydraulic penises and prosthetic butts and all that] can be what's genuinely shocking about the movie [Swiss Army Man] because people wouldn't expect to be moved by any of it.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius.

The student armed with information will always win the battle.

I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.

We want to live forever, and we're getting there.