Their desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand daisies attuning their faces toward the path of the sun.

In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.

My goal in life is to become an adjective.

I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.

I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.

That was when Leonard realized something crucial about depression. The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the more it cut you up.

You begin always knowing nothing. You remain forever an amateur, a first timer.