“The only thing that I am completely certain of after this experience is that I am no longer afraid of death.”

“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”

“Perhaps the home I am homesick for is still there, after all.”

“When a person is only half an ass like me, and not a complete one, she senses certain things.”

“I am not afraid to die because I know that when we go, we will go together. It is living without you that would be unbearable.”

“I am a commercial writer and I'm proud of that. I am writing things to be put in the bookstore next month. I think it is a mistake to try to write for the ages.”

“So many things I'm not, and so few things I am.”