The young habitually mistake lust for love, they're infested with idealism of all kinds.

A non-event ... is better to write about than an event, because with a non-event you can make up the meaning yourself, it means whatever you say it means.

Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever.

When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.

The cat jumps up on the bed and tries to get onto my head. It's his way of telling whether or not i'm dead. If i'm not, he wants to be scratched; if i am - he'll think of something

War is what happens when language fails.

Karen wasn't hard, she was soft, too soft. A soft touch. Her hair was soft, her smile was soft, her voice was soft. She was so soft there was no resistance. Hard things sank into her, they went right through her, and if she made a real effort, out the other side. Then she didn't have to see them or hear them, or even touch them.