I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not being protected as much as they probably should be and that, in general, people are more interested in smart phones than museums.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.

Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.

It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.

I'm allergic to sad memories. It's the worst.

It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.