“For white people, nothing makes them appreciate the gift of life more than voluntarily trying to end it.”

“Because nothing makes love and life matter more than the knowledge that some day it must end. ”

“Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to judge things, and map out our place in the world relevance to them.”

“I'd love nothing more than a happy ending, but I'm fairly sure people like me don't get them.”

“But the life of a Willa Cather, a Lillian Helman, and Virginia Woolf - - - would it not be a series of rapid ascents and probing descents into shades and meanings — into more people, ideas and conceptions? Would it not be in color, rather than black-and-white, or more gray? I think it would. And thus, I not being them, could try to be more like them: to listen, observe, and feel, and try to live more fully.”

“Nothing is ever more appreciated than when it is remembered.”