We have to listen to other people's stories. That's the thing. And that's the only way that we eventually get to know ourselves.

He said to me once that most of the time people use the word love as just another way to show off they're hungry. The way he said it went something like: Glorify their appetites.

He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.

She wanted to tell him so mach, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof is their armies. If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. If they ask you to burn the flag, wave it. If they ask you to murder, re-create.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

There is always room for at least two truths.

Sometimes, in life, nothing happens. But, sometimes, nothing happens beautifully.