There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation.

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it

She had never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and excess.

That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion’s not about being holy...Just holier-than-thous.

Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say "Read this, so we can talk about it."