There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory that when we die, every animal that we've eaten has a chance at eating us back. So if you're a carnivore and you add up all the animals you've eaten--well, that's a long time in purgatory, being chewed.' 'Really?' She laughs. 'No. I'm just sick of the question. I mean, I'm a vegetarian because I think it's wrong to eat other sentient creatures. And it sucks for the environment.

I'm always standing on the edge of something bad.

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

There is no such thing as equality for some. Equality must be for all. That is what freedom is. That is what liberty is. No human being is born more or less important than any other. How can we allow ourselves to forget that? What simpler truth is there?

I couldn't remember ordinary moments, only the ones that had made an impression. Ordinary moments were the ones that fell away first.