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.

A taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like love without the fear of love's dissolution.

Leaving feels too good, once you leave.

Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

Stupid human voices always ruining everything.

But you know what they say about Gutshot: the population never goes up and never goes down, because every time a woman gets pregnant, a man leaves town.