It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.

If Mitchell was ever going to become a good Christian, he would have to stop disliking people so intensely.

She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.

Scars crossed her welded wrists.

We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in.