“You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.”

“Language buries, but does not resurrect.”

“Writing does not resurrect,it buries.”

“Writing does not resurrect. It buries.”

“This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you”

“I was insufferable long before we lost her. Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”

“The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of the main ways that writing is different from ballet dancing.”