For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest.

Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.

I don't look like who I am.

Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise.

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my questions too hard, surely readers won’t want to follow me here. A novel is like a cathedral, it knocks you down to size when you enter into it.

Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.