I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

We are thickly layered, page lying upon page, behind simple covers. And love - it is not the book itself, but the binding.

often enough, we owe our good fortune to someone else’s loss.

Maybe it was better to be who he thought I was than who I thought I was.

It was about the way a moment, a single moment, could change things and make you decide to try to be someone different.

Three metamorphoses of the spirit have I designated to you: how thespirit became a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child.

I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.

The purpose of living is living for a purpose.

They inched through dense, heart-stopping darkness. In the distance was what looked like a bright white door cut out of a black wall. Sunni tiptoed towards it, puzzled by its brilliance.

Never be late. When you're late, what you're saying is that your time is more important than the other person's time. That's pretty egotistical.

Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.

Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

The public buys "art" - but the word is drained of its meaning.

I write in the mornings. During my down time.