My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked.

I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture, I say deliver me from clever arts, I say deliver me from clear skin and perfect teeth,I say you have to give up! I say evolve, and let the chips fall where they may!

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.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

I want to find something else, unknowable, some place that's not on the map. A real adventure.

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.