But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood.

I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.

Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away (from the animal, our plate, our concern, ourselves) or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something

I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.

It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.

His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.