But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.
Scars are stories, history written on the body
For me, writing is inseparable from thinking. I could say the entire undertaking is a vast cerebral construct against my demons. It's the thing that I love. It's my identity.
We're taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It's they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are.
There aren't many people in our history who have so completely surrendered themselves to a mission that they would give up their lives for it.
My days are as long as despair can make them.
The dizzy rapture of starving. The power of needing nothing. By force of will I make myself the impossible sprite who lives on air, on water, on purity.
The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.
Experience precedes understanding.
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.
Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.