Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the truth by ignoring facts.

That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough to allow us to choose what matters to us.

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)

I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.

To be human is to catch the falling person.

Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether we’re actually motivated by altruism or a desire to hook up or a search for answers or what. I always get annoyed when in books or movies characters want clear things for clear reasons, because my experience of humanness is that I always want messy things for messy reasons.