Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart right over.

I leave a lot out when I tell the truth

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

I am not quite myself, I think.But who here is quite himself? And yet there is a way in which we are all more ourselves than ever, I suppose.

In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.

What I think," Chatty says, "is that if a man loves a woman more than a woman loves a man, then they're even.

I know that homes burn and that you should think what to save before they start to. Not because, in the heat of it, everything looks as valuable as everything else. But, because nothing looks worth the bother, not even your life.