“The word should be thinkering.”

“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”

“A woman should never learn to sew, and is she can she shouldn't admit to it”

“Meanwhile with the help of an anecdote I fell in love. Words caravaggio. They have a power.”

“He never used words or reason. He just moved dangerously among us.”

“The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.”

“The trouble with words is that you can really talk yourself into a corner. You can't fuck yourself into a corner."That's a man talking," muttered Hana.”