“Seemed she should learn to smile when she was unhappy, to stop laughing, to speak up, to never speak to strangers, to share guilt for the acts of strangers, that strangers made the laws of the land, that the laws of the land valued things over life, that life ended if a stranger decided it, to be where she could be found, to feel one thing and do another. How could she hang so many contradictions in one skull”

“Life and death have equal authority in nature. When laws contradict so fundamentally they cause mere confusion in the average soul ”

“The law is where reality goes to die.”

“Smile at strangers and you just might change a life.”

“The great thing about being ignored is that you can speak the truth with impunity.”

“She needed friends, and a life, and this is how you acquired those things: by talking to strangers. Everyone was a stranger, all on equal footing in strangerhood.”

“One thing you’ll say for skeletons, they’ll always give you a smile.”