...I couldn't let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he floated through all the Wal-Marts in America, searching for me in a million lonely aisles.

Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation.

Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out?

Show me what a man hates and I'll show you what he is.

But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars.

People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.

His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.