She was transparent, like a watercolor. As if she were about to dissolve in sound, in tones not yet created.

If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.

Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one.

Grief is a gift, something you have to earn.

Some thoughts have glue on them.----Smilla

The great systems that inform the world about the truth and life invariably claim to be absolutely truthful and well-balanced. In reality they are quaking bridges built out of yearning.

Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this time the fear will be put to shame and a modest 10 percent frail awareness of the possibility of love. I don't fall in love any more. Just like I don't get the mumps.