“The pianokeys are black and whitebut they sound like a million colors in your mind”

“smoking is bad mmmkaay and and ummmm ummm well untill our 18 mmmkaay”

“aids is bad mmmkaay”

“Would you mind taking off your shirt?”

“[P]art of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.”

“Poetry by its very nature is subversive . . . It turns words inside out, confounds meaning, changes black and white to ambiguous shades of gray. Never trust a poet.”

“It would require careful planning and execution, but Marina always accomplished everything to which she put her mind. She made a lot of spreadsheets.”