Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger.

No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.

A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.

Don’t be the person who has an overflowing cup of knowledge but an inactive state of action. That serves no-one, that serves no purpose.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Forks are absurd, he scoffed. They insult your food. They make it think you're killing it twice.

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The way is an ill neighbour.

The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.

Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.

I don't take anything personal. I just have a certain file in my head, so Earthlings must be careful with what they say.

I think the responsibility of running a huge business, which happens if you become a successful designer, probably makes you more careful.

You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.