When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me.

Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars, they lose them. Of course, they did hide more Jews than many other countries, and this is a form of winning.

She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.