“What makes this inner void so difficult to deal with is that it's amorphous. We can't fix it because we can't pinpoint its precise cause. And even if we could, we wouldn't be able to banish it. It's the price we pay for being human.”

“We routinely replace damanged parts of ourselves with new ones that are, arguably, more resilient, more able to handle challenges. As long as we avoid the trap of growing our skin so thick that nothing gets through, getting bruised can only boost our ability to cope with whatever life throws at us.”

“Yet if we are to take the Lacanian account of singularity seriously, we must admit that what really counts in life is not our ability to evade chaos, but rather our capacity to meet it in such a manner as to not be irrevocably broken or demolished.”

“Love is a slippery, unruly thing, and trying to control it robs us of its delicious unpredictability.”

“Older people are wise not only because they have lived longer. They're wise because they have lost more.”

“Life has a way of turning things around. Those who mourn well know this. As a result, they also live well--with courage and curiosity.”

“Vampires are cruel." Steopa said. "we exist to weed out the weak and the unneeded. We feed on humans.”