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102: For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are the ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.

93-94: This is our goal as writers, I think: to help others have this sense of—please forgive me—wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can catch us off guard, that break in on our small, bordered worlds. When this happens, everything feels more spacious.

65: Life is not like formula fiction. The villain has a heart, and the hero has great flaws.

xxvii: The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.