There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force us, in acknowledging that they have occurred, to restructure our own understanding of reality. We have to make room for them.

Irritation for some men was their response to strain.

Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.

The heart has its own laws... and the truth is... the truth is that you are the law of mine.

We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that coming of age in Winnipeg both opened my eyes and made me hungry - if I can subvert all claims to be a real writer by mixing metaphors like that.

You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.