When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.

When I was 13, I really used to skip down the street, happy in thinking, "Oh, well, someone's suffering pain in order for me to feel this pleasure."

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

Time is how you spend your love.

(and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate as politicians give out promises and whores give out)

Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East to West or from island to island. Even when you arrive, you're still going back and forth; your children are going round and round. There's no proper term for it - original sin seems too harsh; maybe original trauma would be better.

This is what divorce is: taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love.