In fact, one of the things that I really love about literary fiction is that it's one of the few kinds of writing that doesn't tell us what to think or what to buy or what to wear. We're surrounded by advertising.

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

Does a man become a revolutionary out of the belief he's entitled to joy rather than submission?

You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next.

organization is the religion of the single parent.

you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit down." - Mrs. Brown