Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing

It’s much easier to be cruel than one might think.

I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up.

Your dad didn't die, so I won't be able to explain it to you.

We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.

People around the world were moving from one place to another. No one was staying.

I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else.