If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand.

There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

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

She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk like she was born here, like she never came from anywhere else

We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic knowledge to bring into being animals that suffer more.

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.