“You astonish me, Morgan,” he murmured. “I am unmade by you. You are not for me; you cannot be.” “If I am not for you, then I am for no one,” I said, and watched the last shred of doubt leave his eyes.


“Life is only bearable because time makes you forget everything. But life is worthwhile because love makes you remember everything.”
― Beasts of a Little Land
― Beasts of a Little Land

“Now that I'm older I know that life is not about what keeps you safe, but what you keep safe, and that's what matters the most.”
― Beasts of a Little Land
― Beasts of a Little Land

“Everywhere around them, life was happening without their knowing, and their lives were also happening in the presence of all else. All existences were touching lightly as air and leaving invisible fingerprints.”
― Beasts of a Little Land
― Beasts of a Little Land

“It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go

“At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.”
― Defending Jacob: A Novel
― Defending Jacob: A Novel
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