“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”

“Bitterness is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.”

“I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of mind, my grandiosity, the low self-esteem. I wrote down the funny stuff I overheard. I learned to be like a ship's rat, veined ears trembling, and I learned to scribble it all down.”

“I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.”

“Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic.”

“Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.”

“It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out of chips and diet cokes.”