And the general shot my sister. I could not look at her, but I remember the sound of when she hit the ground. I hear that sound when things hit the ground still. Anything.' If I could, I would make it so nothing ever hit the ground again.

I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.

Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement.

I'm grateful for anything that reminds me of what's possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It's so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared.

Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That's not what they're doing. They're feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff.

I am willing to be annoying if that's what was necessary.

It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having.