The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed.

I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time." Alex's grandfather..Everything is Illuminated

With writing, we have second chances.

I can only hold on to the things I want to lose.

Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.

Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.

I never confused what I had with what I was.