I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.