“The world inside myself is vaster and richer than this paltry plane, peopled with mere galaxies and gods.”

“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no one else in the world has what you have—your voice, your eyes, your feeling and perspective. Other people have written great books, but no one else will ever write YOUR book. It's worth writing. That is the belief that carries me through.”

“Have you read Belondweg?""I coudn't call myself much of a scholar if I hadn't," he said.He was adorable and he made me smile, but I couldn't let him see.”

“How dare the world be beautiful when I was so horrifying?”

“I saw the void beneath the surface of the world; it threatened to pull me under.”

“The borderlands of madness used to have much sterner signage around them than they do now.”

“I was drawn to his aloofness, the way cats gravitate toward people who’d rather avoid them.”