...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors...

...don’t judge your future based on others’ mistakes.

My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option.

People will find transformation and transcendence in a McDonald's hash brown if it's all they've got.

Jamin knew that by morning, when he was done paying the girl in exchange for her slipping out without causing a fuss, he would be flat broke. But that did not matter. It was money well spent.

If you think it is spiritual to burn food in front of starving people in hopes that your gods will bring this back to you in triplicate, you are missing the point and sowing animosity from all sides.

How can you find answers, if you do not ask questions?

Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.

One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.

If you want someone to tell you what to think..." "You will never be short of people willing to do so.

The key to understanding complicated things is knowing what not to look at.

It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.

Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder biscuits and the best shrimp cocktails that ever were.