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.

Reality Hunger is more than thought-provoking; it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time.

I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was full like a stone.

There are only so many times that you can utter ‘It does not hurt’ before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt. You become enlightened of the feeling of feeling hurt, which is worse, I am certain, than the existent hurt.

I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.

I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits.

One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.