“My life is not packaged,
Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged
Edges that cut even my friends.”

“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges.”

“…If I say I ’m not a Chicana I might as well cut off my arm or my leg. And if I say I ’m not a feminist, well, I might as well cut off my foot. The whole package goes together.”

“Open the fridge and put
My heart on a plate.
I'm just as you left
me, and I taste even better
leftover.”

“Now, the smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar.
And I'm thinking 'bout where I'd rather be.
But I burned all my bridges;
I sank all my ships.
And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea.”

“If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle.”

“I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love.”

“If even a single hair of my beard learns my secret, I will cut my beard from the root.”

“You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life.”

“My friends have made the story of my life.”