Her hair is ridiculous," I said. "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.

You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.

I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it's all the small pieces of paper and someone's turned on the fan. But, talking to you makes me feel like the fan's been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.

The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.

I expertly angled my raison bran to accomodate the g-forces.

But before we can radically reshape the world, we need to shop.