The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Every stage of life has its own form of power, and we're always sort of terrified as to whether we can make the jump to the next form of power.

The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

The religious school she went to, growing up, Ms. Wright said how all the girls had to wear a scarf tied to cover their ears at all times. Based on the biblical idea that the Virgin Mary became pregnant when the Holy Spirit whispered in her ear. The idea that ears were vaginas. That, hearing just one wrong idea, you lost your innocence. One detail too many and you’d be ruined. Overdosed on information.

When you're thinking about the rest of your life, you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.