“Even in Hell, we need to keep our sense of humor, sis.” (Rayea)”

“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals. — Don DeLillo”

“To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.”

“There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.”

“The problem is that we've got a sense of humor and (Republicans have) got guns. Will we die laughing?”

“I don't know where I find the air and I keep getting the words wrong: From out our bourne of death and space the flood will wash me far- but it doesn't even matter. I never knew that words might not matter.”

“I have a sense that we have not yet arrived, that we are still reaching. For each other. For who we are meant to be.”