After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.

It doesn’t upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of one of us without the other. (p.127)

Know this: even if you’re like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that you’re dead by now. (p.125 )

The fish don't need to know why they're in the water.

Urge and urge and urge, Always the procreant urge of the world.

Knowledge is power but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

I learned a great deal about myself, and it forced me to be introspective in a way that I'm not typically, but "reporting" on my own life became emotionally exhausting.

Maybe his heart is searching for and not finding the place it used to live. I understand that because mine is searching and not finding too.

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

Fulfillment has nothing to do with circumstances.

I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live.

It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.