I miss God. I miss the company of someone utterly loyal. I still don't think of God as my betrayer. The servants of God, yes, but servants by their very nature betray. I miss God who was my friend. I don't even know if God exists, but I do know that if God is your emotional role model, very few human relationships will match up to it.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

You're never alone with a book, are you? It's a dialogue.

Naked is the best disguise.

Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think I had to.