“I shut my eyes, turned away for a moment, and it came: a shiver of finality like the one when you decide, in your own mind, that youre going to have to tell someone who loves you that you dont want...”

“You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you cant give yourself”

“Storyboarded by the West Coasts finest, the ceiling celebrated the exploits of that most durable of action heroesGod.”

“Storyboarded by the West Coast’s finest, the ceiling celebrated the exploits of that most durable of action heroes—God.”

“You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”