"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."

“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.”

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

“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”