I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

The books you love best - those are the immensity of the sea.

I might not remember how the sky looked on any given day. I do remember, though, what it was like to be a boy beneath a sky.

The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.

Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.

You have a pet theory, one you have been turning over for years, that life itself is a kind of Rube Goldberg device, an extremely complicated machine designed to carry out the extremely simple task of constructing your soul.