“Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets yo...” — Margaret Atwood Quote

“Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.”

“There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly.”

“The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.”

“I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.”

“Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they shuffle around. They're a group phenomenon, they're not very fast, they're quite sickly. So what's the pleasure of being one?”

“Lack of sleep doesn't just make us tired; it makes us irrational, moody, and emotionally erratic (...) Chronic sleep deprivation may not only fuel anxiety and depression, but also impair our ability to manage relationships, make wise decisions, or maintain emotional balance.”

“I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?”

“Some are professors and others are possessors.”

“What ought to be imperfect in time is, because of its very imperfection there, perfect when viewed under the form of eternity. To live, to live just as we do, that—if we could only realize it—is the purpose and the crown of living. We must seek improvement; we must be dissatisfied with ourselves; that is the appointed attitude, the histrionic pose, that is to keep the ball rolling. But while we feel this dissatisfaction we are perfectly satisfactory, and while we play our game and constantly lose it, we are winning the game for God.”

“My biological father was a hardhearted, soft-willed creator of a fiefdom under”