“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl

"Because what it's come down to, after that whole messy spring, that whole tortured summer, all this time since, is this: I no longer believe I can save people. I've tried, and I've failed, and while I'm sure there are people out in the world with that particular gift, I'm not one of them. I make too much of a mess of things. But books, on the other hand: I do still believe books can save you." -Rebecca Makkai

"it helps to have a good friend in court when one is constantly sentencing oneself to death." -Erica Jong

"bad shit happens when good people do nothing" -MMFD