Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and then you discover the hallway you passed through is papered with the novel you've written.

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.

[...]It is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer reason to survive.

To feel alone is to be alone.

I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and who they missed, and what they were sorry for.

Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore -- "I'm easy; I'll eat anything" -- can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.