“There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil. Something that's pure and can't be touched. This quality o...”

“Murder is a dream because lack is the center of both.”

“Life doesn't exist inside language: too bad for me.”

“What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? What other worlds?”

“I want to get out of here means I want to be innocent.”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”

“You cant write, yet you learned to hunt, to survive. How?I paused with my foot on the threshold. Thats what happens when youre responsible for lives other than your own, isnt it? You do what you ha...”

“Ophelia was surprised by how easily she lied. She had two stolen keys in her pocket, and the lies were sliding off her tongue. Soon, she'd probably be shoplifting. She expected that was how it star...”

“You can’t write, yet you learned to hunt, to survive. How?”I paused with my foot on the threshold. “That’s what happens when you’re responsible for lives other than your own, isn’t it? You do what ...”