“While you spoke, it reached into the room switching off the mirrors in their frames and undeveloping your photographs;it gently drew a knife across the threadsthat tied your keepsakes to the things they kept”
“Were you listening to a word I said?' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.”
“She tied you to the kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the "hallelujah”
“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want it to. It saves your life. And then you're outraged when it cuts you accidentally. You see, knives don't switch off. And neither do people, not when you hone them to a fine edge.”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
“You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.”