“When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.”

“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.”

“The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.”

“This thing I am feeling, Im almost certain, is the closest Ill ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.”

“Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most people.”

“While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.”

“Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.”

“Choose your love. Love your choice.”

“Evil is a choice one makes, not a natural state of being.”

“People living godly will dwell on high. Meaning wealth, honour, prosperity, fame, elevation, joy etc.”

“The strength of a human being is in one's hierarchical level, characterised by say separation from physiological needs upwards.”

“The inimitable stories of Tong-King never have any real ending, and this one, being in his most elevated style, has even less end than most of them. But the whole narrative is permeated with the od...”