“...just because an ideology dies doesn't mean the value of its ideas is nullified”

“...when you hate someone so much, a part of you wants desperately to forgive them. But you can't decide if it's because you really want, or if you just want to stop hating. I still don't know if forgiveness is generous or selfish. Maybe both.”

“Because falling, if you live in the moment,is really just flying, at least until you read the ground”

“Sometimes, courage is really just cowardice. Sometimes the bravest thing is to let go.”

“Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so many grievances in the world.”

“A man's life is all he has. When you're old, it's all you'll ever have.”

“Vilification, by its definition, creates an antagonistic struggle, an us-versus-them mentality, that throws us all into a senseless battle-royale”