Jeff VanderMeer

They’ll never forget, never forgive, no matter who the enemy is, son. Better just to start a new life. Be someone else.

Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the other person endure or the one who endured?

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.