When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in.

Words carry oceans on their small backs.

Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd be hearing about the violence of it.

Sometimes saviors look different than you thought they would.

I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me.

The rocks. They carry the chronology of water. All things simultaneously living and dead in your hands.

In water, like in books—you can leave your life.

Make up stories until you find one you can live with.

Laughter can shake you from the delirium of grief

We live through sound and light—through our technologies.

Aspiration gets stuck in some people. It's difficult to think yes. Or up. When all you feel is fight or run.

I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos.

No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.

But I'm lost when it comes to you.

And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos

The nature of space reflects what it wants to be.

How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln.

Never be afraid to let people go if they're not right; often that's the only way you can make room for the right person.

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.