“There's something almost weightless about our world, I think, something fleeting and insubstantial that's ill at ease with any pretence of certainty.”

“I realize that a certain school of thoughtsays that who we are is something we construct for ourselves. We build ourselves out of what we think we remember, what we believe to be true about our life; and the possessions we gather around us are supposedly a part of this, that we are, to some extent what we own.”

“I write about subectivety-and inarticulation-about life pushing you into a state where everything is melting until you're left with the absolute and you can find neither the words nor the images to express it.”

“Dark feelings can become a habit. And if they're strong enough, like many strong feelings, they can even be enjoyable.”

“I can't begin to guess her story, except that there were undoubtedly two times or three, when what had happened to her was grievously at odds with what she had expected - so grievously at odds that any return to the faith or the patterns of the time before the event became impossible.”

“Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.”

“Let's talk about the homoerotic undertones in sports," she said.Paul thrust his head forward as if he hadn't heard right. "Excuse me?”