All fat women look the same; they all look 42.

I always thought eating was a ridiculous activity anyway. I'd get out of it myself if I could, though you've got to do it to stay alive, they tell me.

Why are you so interested in amoebas?" "Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a person is getting too complicated.

All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate.

I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart?

We battled in secret, undeclared, and after a while I no longer fought back because I never won. The only defense was flight, invisibility.

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues?