“And yet there's one question whose answer I have thought out, and it suddenly comes to mind . . . 'Stay with me.”

“The book answers questions other people have thought of. I have thought of questions they have not answered. I always thought my questions were wrong questions because no one else asked them. Maybe no one thought of them. Maybe darkness got there first. Maybe I am the first light touching a gulf of ignorance.Maybe my questions matter.”

“Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?”

“And yet life was not long enough, no time could be too long, to talk to someone whose mind answered your mind, so that conversation was like a double set of thoughts, carrying each other along indefinitely.”

“I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means I ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.”

“If there's one thing you taught me, it's to never trust an answer that's actually another question.”