To be remembered is, I think, a badic human right. Not one that occurs to a person when it is there, but like a parched throat in a desert when it is gone.

It's not other people that hurt us, but what we feel about them

Jackie.''Mm.''Thank you for keeping me company in my nightmare.'Jackie grinned at her, 'Nah, it's our nightmare now.

History is us squinting into the past, mistaking millions of tiny vibrations in all directions for unified, unidirectional movements by entire civilizations.

Troy and I loved each other. We called it 'unconditional love', which was true. Once conditions arose, the love dissipated.

Josh loved his mother, but he did not know why. Diane loved her son, and she did not care why.

It didn't matter what he said. The world is terrifying. It always is. But Cecil reminded her that it was ok to relax in a terrifying world.

She loved him the way one loves an old bridge or a wool sweater or the sound of a growing tulip.

remember that misuse of language can lead to miscommunication, and that miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world

Desperation does not breed empathy or clear thinking.

Such are the foolish dreams of idealistic children who believe that anything can possibly get better over time.

Have you ever had a dream so strong it slapped you in the face every time you looked away?

A wish has been defined as a 'goal with no energy behind it.' Hope is not a strategy.

I believe in having a private life.

Sight is the least sensual of all the senses. And we strain ourselves to see, see, see--everything, everything through the eye, inone mode of objective curiosity.

Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.

I do think, over the last years, a lot of Republicans have decided it's not working, what the party believed in, free trade, global capitalism, open borders.

I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.

I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Real friends tell you the truth...even when you want them to shut up.