“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

“You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”

“My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.”

“I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes. After that I liked jazz music. Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way. I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.”

“Anne laughed. "I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.”

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”