“The view changes from where you are standing.Words can wound, and wounds can heal.All of these things are true.”

“Words can wound, and wounds can heal.”

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”

“Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?""Then what died? who are you mourning?""A point of view.”

“I think I could be a perfectly decent cat. I've been around cats long enough to know what the rules of being a cat are. When all else fails, wash. And I think I could master the thing that cats do, where they stalk away pretending they meant to do whatever it was in the first place; showing their wounded dignity.”

“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”