That's a horrible plan." "Yes, but I have chosen to ignore that.

Like God's own chocolate, I'd lick her shadow off a hot sidewalk

Ack! Parables. I hate parables.

Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.

It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?

They want to be tied up, I tie them up. They want to be spanked, I spank them. They want to be called names, I call them names. But try and drink a little of their blood, and they scream like babies. What about my needs?

The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door.