Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe.

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion.

I like marriage. The idea.

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

I know that my books are worthy, which is separate from me.

Anger... it's a paralyzing emotion... you can't get anything done.