Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

I've always thought I could use my brain and my heart to jockey everyone around to the good. But life is not jockeyable. When you try, you make people infinitely crazier than they already were, including or especially yourself.

I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.' Oh, Rae. Who hasn't

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway.