No one wants advice - only corroboration.

There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good.

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.

She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside, if only to keep the skin from collapsing. This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream.

I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.

One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything.

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.