"Many people say, “Who's my doppelganger?” when maybe / they should ask, “Whose doppelganger am I?"

“Race ain’t nothing but a number.”

“Enthusiasm is achieved chiefly by means of provocations. In these cases, something inside of us resonates vibrantly with something outside. / The form of the provocation—be it book, music, sporting event, conversation—matters insofar as it might help to us find these sources of resonance.”

“NPR/WFCR Interview - Tina Antolini interviews Carson Cistulli”

“I read a book not to find its meaning, but to find my happiness.”

“Day 468—said the word ‘finger’ until it no longer made sense. Now, looking at my fingers I have no idea what they are, / except they’re wildly useful / for writing letters to my earliest ancestors”

“If a tree falls in the woods and no one’s around to hear it, it still very probably makes a sound. A baseball game that’s played with no one around to watch it, though — that’s a different proposition.”