I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really an animal person, or an environmentalist. I did the best I could with this, but it's not who I am.

Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they're nothing." "So what's something?" "Being reliable is something. Being good.

...there are only some many times you can utter "It does not hurt" before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt.

It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.

and i wouldn't say no to something sweet.

For how long could we fail until we surrendered?

I realized I was on a something island. 'How did I get here,' I wondered, surrounded by Nothing, "and how can I get back?