Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.

Her mom and dad are both doctors and want her to follow her dream, not turn out the way they have, no matter how much it costs them.

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free.

I could imagine myself becoming one of Marla's stories.

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

Kids, she says. When they’re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you’re the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together. But after they hit some magic age, it’s just the opposite. After that, you’re either a liar or a fool or a villain.