It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.

Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn't appreciate getting to know it all so strong and early.

My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.

When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.

Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You’re upset, I’d yelled after her, meanly.

Life is a sacred service.

Real education is never acquisition of knowledge but training of character.

The universe holds enough happiness and success for everyone.

God went out of me as if the sea dried up like sandpaper, as if the sun became a latrine.

I have never supported white supremacism but I read this [this description of me] in the papers.

I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?

Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

For some people, being free means being free to keep their feet on someone else's chest.

Act smarter than you are and always know where your exit is in case you get into too much trouble.