I suppose it's everyone's fate to be reduced to quaintness by those younger than themselves.

Where do the words go when we have said them?

There is never only one, of anyone

Those walls and bars are there for a reason,” said Crake. “Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in both cases.” “Them?” “Nature and God.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God,” said Jimmy. “I don’t believe in Nature either,” said Crake. “Or not with a capital N.

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

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then you should ask yourself, 'Do I really have anything to add?' If you have the arrogance or the humility to say yes, you will know you have the vocation.

And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.