“Think of literary fiction as a meal with intricate scents, flavors, and textures that you can’t recognize unless you chew with your eyes closed.”
“The world is a beautiful place, unless you close your eyes. Then it's easy to assume it's all black.”
“Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.”
“He’s still singing to himself, eyes closed, pretending, I think, that I’m someone else.I shout in his ear again. ‘So you can’t just lay down and die?’He doesn’t open his eyes, but he nods. ‘You can’t just lay down and die”
“You can’t understand anything unless you unless you understand everything.”
“Which animal do you see when you hold me and close your eyes and think of animals?”