...all I could think about was how both sets of parents had needed to make their decision, on whether to medicate their child, in a scientific vacuum. (p. 35)

Praying is the purest pleasure.

Welcome to fear, said Moist to himself. It's hope, turned inside out. You know it can't go wrong, you're sure it can't go wrong...But it might.

I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.

He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.

Anakana Schofield is part of a new wave of wonderful Irish fiction-international in scope and electrically alive.

Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.

Energy flows where attention goes.

Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.