

“Occasionally she goes "Mmm" at some line the same way my grandma does during a sermon. Poetry's Mrs. Murray's religion.”
― On the Come Up
― On the Come Up

“You have to admit that anatomically, this ear business rivals my father’s fear that a bicycle seat could ruin your virginity”
― Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood
― Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood

“Turn on Your Inner Light and Illuminate the World”
― Heart of a Warrior Angel
― Heart of a Warrior Angel

“None of that would have changed anything. Because it was never about me. It was about him—his own inadequacies that made him need to prove something to himself.”
― Sex, Not Love
― Sex, Not Love

“Nobody knows what language is. It isn’t just speech, that’s for sure. But try to explain that to some of these reductionist structural linguists.”
― Jennie: A Novel
― Jennie: A Novel
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