“I am familiar with the phrase, ‘needle in a haystack’ and I think I understand its meaning more than I wish to.”

“This is needle-in-haystack shit. And the haystack is made of needles. On a needle planet.”

“Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.”

“It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessarily, when I know what I'm asking. For you to find a needle in--God, not even a haystack. A needle in a tower full of other needles.”

“We sit silently in our living room. He watches the mute television screen and I watch him. The planes and ridges of his face are more familiar to me than my own. I understand that he wishes even more than I do that he still loved me.”

“I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe they are the same. [p. 14]”