“I know of nothing more difficult than knowing who you are and then having the courage to share the reasons for the catastrophe of your character with the world.” — William Gass
"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." — Muriel Rukeyser
“…with essays, one has to follow the inner logic of a thought or an argument until arriving at a place unknown to one beforehand.” — Yiyun Li
“Everything is copy.” — Phoebe Ephron
“Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.” — Tony Judt