“Did anyone think this canon of druggie men were out of control? Only in the most admirable of ways! Out of control like a shaman or a space explorer, like a magician sawing himself in half. Out of ...”

“Michelle had great admiration for criminals and crime, though only from a distance.”

“It smelled of oily flowers, like the worn pillowcases of long-ago lovers.”

“How many lovers did a person need, anyway?”

“Michelle felt that if people didnt like the way they looked in her book then they should have behaved differently.”

“You cant get lost if you have nowhere to be.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”