It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think we fight against that a bit.

Really, off days for soccer players are just recovery days. You're trying to get off your feet as much as possible.

So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

I don't see how you mortals do it, these feelings you must endure. they will ruin you in the end.

Amongst the flowers you always feel yourself you are endlessly far away from all the dangers!

You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.

We do have a love fest [at home]. It's like, 'I'm making you a cupcake.' Then it's like, 'Well, I made you a cake.' And it's like, 'Well I made you a cake with a cupcake on top and candles.'

I really should have fell but I stood

I think all art - if it's good - is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words. Where language ends is where good art begins.

My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.

I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes.

I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them.