“An irrelevance, and your life's altered.”
“I've never worked where it was hard to be gay. Besides, being gay is a spectacular irrelevance to getting on with your life.”
“It only takes one thought in one moment to alter the course of your life.”
“It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.”
“It is not an easy thing to alter the trajectory of your life. People have expectations on your behalf. You come to believe them yourself.”
“Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers.”