Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

The world is a big place," he said, "but so is the inside of an apartment!

Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses?

She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness.

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.

I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I'm still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat

We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes. Being attentive to the needs of others might not be the point of life, but it is the work of life. It can be messy, and painful, and almost impossibly difficult. But it is not something we give. It is what we get in exchange for having to die.