But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.

It was like being at the bottom of an ocean, she said. There was no light and a whole ocean crushing down on you. But most people had gotten so used to it they thought it normal, they forgot even that there was a world above.

She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.

This country wants to live in the illusion that it is tolerant but also wants to be able to practice intolerance.

The body is what reminds us on a daily basis that we're human. The body defies us, it betrays us, we have to struggle with it, you know. And it reveals in curious and in abiding ways how we are not perfect.

She had reason to doubt him; he was real good at planning but real bad at doing.

I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.