The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.

Ninety-eight percent of all the soy that's raised goes to livestock. So people make fun of vegetarians for being tofu eaters, but no one eats tofu like steak eaters, by a long shot. It's also funny that tofu is held up as what a vegetarian eats. I mean maybe I eat tofu once a month, but other than that, never. All of it, statistically speaking, is going to livestock.

People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.

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

I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.