"A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever."
"I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book."
"God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves."
"I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath of life and rises; another god expires."
"To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know."
"Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky."