“Just because the world often seemed to reward ugliness was no excuse to give up on beauty.”

“The world had edges but you couldnt see them going, only when you were trying to come back.”

“There was a worm addicted to grape leaves, she continued, and suddenly it woke up. Call it a miracle, whatever, something woke it up and it wasnt a worm anymore. It was the whole vineyard, and the ...”

“...the beginning and the end of time. These are the same thing, as everybody knows who came into this universe via a wormhole.”

“A girl in a crown of stars was coming toward him, but before she could see who he was he slipped through his curtains of flesh.”

“Apes or human we all made the same mistake, tempted by shifting leaves or the smell of sex, by music or a ripe banana.”

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”

“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deepe...”

“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”

“In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and ne...”

“For me, not knowing your theme until your finished is like using a scalpel to turn a kangaroo into Miss Universe there will be a lot of deep cuts, and theres a high chance it wont work.”

“For me, not knowing your theme until your finished is like using a scalpel to turn a kangaroo into Miss Universe – there will be a lot of deep cuts, and there’s a high chance it won’t work.”