There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that.

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. If you'd wanted the narrative line you should have asked earlier, when I still knew everything and was more than willing to tell. That was before I discovered the virtues of scissors, the virtues of matches.

I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it.

he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different.

Kill what you can't save what you can't eat throw out what you can't throw out bury What you can't bury give away what you can't give away you must carry with you, it is always heavier than you thought.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.