“And I suppose tapes are a desperate attempt to steal something from Death's suitcase.”

“tapes, like photographs and videos, are [nothing more than] a desperate attempt to steal something from death's suitcase.”

“I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other option is death. Maybe that's what being a parent is supposed to feel like.”

“Here’s what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind.”

“Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.”

“There were people who’d steal money from people. Fair enough. That was just theft. But there were people who, with one easy word, would steal the humanity from people. That was something else.”