Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives! - Cutting for Stone

When she walked away I felt the weight of what she left unsaid. I wanted to call after her, Ma! You have it all wrong. But just as she kept her thoughts to herself, I was learning to do the same. This was what growing up was about: hide the corpse, don't bare your heart, do make assumptions about the motives of others. They're certainly doing all these things to you.

You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.

To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.