"We can never know truth, but some stories are better than others."

“Through my grandmother's eyes, I can see more clearly the way things used to be, the way things ought to be, and most important of all, the way things really are.”

“Being gay is nothing but another way to live your life.”

Source : "Connor Paolo Discusses Eric van der Woodsen". People interview, www.tvfanatic.com. May 7, 2008.

“Just to be is holy, just to live is a gift.”

“Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.”

“Maybe people become bitter when they don't know what they are fighting for. But I keep my eyes open.”

“... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.”

“The foundation of a man's duty as a man is in truth. Beyond this there is nothing to be said.”

“Why? is the boy's motto, why does, why is, why not? Food, weather, time, fires, sea and season, clothes and cars and people; it's all grist to the mill of why.”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.94, LSU Press