He had never done it before, and so he had no real understanding of how slow, and sad, and difficult it was to end a friendship.

He experienced the singular pleasure of watching people he loved fall in love with other people he loved.

What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.

. . . breathing slowly and rubbing his palm against his chest as if to soothe his heart.

There was something scary and anxiety-inducing about being in a space where nothing seemed to be forbidden to him, where everything was offered to him and nothing was asked in return

This isn't fair, he would think in those moments. This isn't friendship. It's something, but it's not friendship. He felt he had been hustled into a game of complicity, one he never intended to play.

And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.

He will be someone who is defined, first and always, by what he is missing.

My phone rang, and although it wasn't a sinister time of night, and although nothing had happened that I would later see as foreshadowing, I knew, I knew.

It's a good story, ' he said. He even grinned at me. 'I'll tell you.''Please, ' I said.And then he did.

Thank god he wasn't a writer, or he'd have nothing to write about.

Everything beautiful hurts.

Barack Obama may be black, but John McCain is the first Albino presidential candidate: he's completely see-through!

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children.

Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces.

Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

Relationship is a mirror.. Every moment the other reveals you, exposes you. The closer the relationship, the clearer is the mirror.

I am on an emotional roller coaster ride to survive and to conquer obesity, not only for myself but also for everyone that battles some kind of addiction.

I love thongs. The day they were invented, sunshine broke through the clouds.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.