“There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.”

“You live your life, you try to live compassionately, and that's the end of it. You do a little more than you should have to in order to be a good person, but you don't go making big changes in the world, trying to fix things. It presumes too much to do so. There's only this: if everyone acts quietly, compassionately, things will go a little better than they would have otherwise. But people will still suffer.”

“When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.”

“there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.”

“If people make fun of you, that probably means you're doing something right.”

“For white people, nothing makes them appreciate the gift of life more than voluntarily trying to end it.”