Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

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

Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.

Oh, that river of wishes, the slippery crocodile dream of it, how it might have carried my body down through all the glittering sand bars to the sea.

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.