“You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are.”

“Grief mixed with shock is such a difficult state to be in; it's hard even to describe it. On the one hand, I was numb and felt like I was in some sort of dream state - I couldn't believe Natalie was gone, but I knew it was true. And despite the shock, which makes you feel like you're muffled in cotton, my nerve ends were screaming. I was in emotional pain so intense it was physical.”

“You must make the agony of deciding so intense that you can only escape by thinking.”

“Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.”

“Writing is like great sex … the more intensity you invest the bigger the … err… reward.”

“As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?”