There's no reason whatsoever to drink eight glasses of water a day unless you, for whatever reason, particularly like the taste of water

She loved mysteries so much that she became one.

He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

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

What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it." "I don't see anything next to it." "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.

If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in a reality show, that's a better world.

I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And that’s why I write fiction, probaby. It’s my attempt to keep that fragile strand of radical hope, to buld a fire in the darkness.r