The secrets in his brain were like some mesmerizing drug to me.

It was only in the middle—between the immense and the minute—that sadness seemed to exist.

Morality doesn’t exist in space, only in the spaces between people.

the saddest thing is to bea minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity.

God want to make you like boneless fish.

Writing is capturing life, recording the human condition, and trying to glean meaning from it.

For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?

College is like a woman: you work so hard to get in, and nine months later you wish you'd never come. We used to say if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun.

I wish I weren’t reeling at all.

Let me in, immigration man, can I cross the line and pray, I can stay another day? Won't you let me in, immigration man? I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway.

Power and machinery, money and goods, are useful only as they set us free to live.

I think, with suits and clothes, if you keep them long enough, they all come back in fashion. It's like me. I've been around long enough and I've come back in fashion.

In terms of Saving Face, I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn’t let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.