God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

The wrong words are impossible when there are no words.

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

Of the two hundred bones in the human body, more than a quarter are in the foot. It is a more complicated instrument than an automobile transmission, and it is treated with far less consideration.

I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.