She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.

Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books or nonfiction books is that you don't get to hear the person's voice; you don't get them as individuals. You get a few quotes and you hear them as sort of a case study: numbers, examples, anecdotes, maybe a paragraph here, and that's about it.

Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.

We are unusual and tragic and alive.

Love is implicit in every connection. It should be. Thus when absent it makes us insane. (You Shall Know Our Velocity)

People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange.

If your hand doesn't work for it, your heart doesn't feel sorry for it.