“In a world of beings who don't exist, who self-destruct and erase themselves, perhaps one should make a valiant effort to at least draw oneself. Maybe that's where all the sex comes from- to feel real.”

“People who don't watch TV movies are so missing out.”

“Train all your talents, for you never know which one will save your skin.”

“So I had nothing to distract me from my books and their other worlds that swallowed me whole, from Narnia to the Wisconsin woods, from a small town in Sweden to the red earth of Prince Edward Island. Nothing and no one interested me as much as my books.”

“I couldn't will my beloved Berlin streets across the world or make the people I loved appear when I needed them, but by summoning the flavors of Berlin and the foods of my loved ones, my kitchen became my sanctuary, the stove my anchor.Distance means nothing when your kitchen smells like home.”

“You’re just an appetite. And if you’d stop being greedy you’d die. You take everything and I’m empty.”

“She was kissed By loveShe was kissed With loveShe kissed To Love devotedly. . .eternally.”