“People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.”

“Not all events are stories.”

“I realised that when someone plays hard to get, they are making themselves into a character in a story, and they choose the story that leads to the outcome they want.”

“I pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world – and a type of being – that makes sense. I pray for a life after death that is not like this life. I pray for the end of mystery. What would a life be like with all the mysteries solved? If there were no questions, there’d be no stories. If there were no stories, there’d be no language. If there was no language there’d be no . . . What?”

“And every one of these events is connected. But not by luck: it's pure cause and effect.”

“If something wants to be a story, it will be.”

“The storyless story is a vagina with teeth.”