the only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said.

It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.

Love is serene and calm

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

People in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look.

We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.