All sixteen mentioned her jutting ribs, the insubstantiality of her thighs, and one, who went up to the roof with Lux during a warm winter rain, told us how the basins of her collarbones collected water.

We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too.

He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken.

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

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

My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.