“Marriage is like a fingerprint. Everyone's is different. ”

“She wondered which was worse—living your whole life staring at yourself or waiting your whole life for someone to stare back at you.”

“One person's greatest regret is another person's greatest memory.”

“The circus collects the outsiders like a flame tempts moths.”

“Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different!”

“Love? Love is like holding water in your hands. You might have it for a time, but it escapes, leaving you with nothing.”

“Precious things lost are transmutable. They refuse oblivion. They simply wait to be rendered into testimonies, into stories and songs.”