She was sure no one had ever been more in love than they were in those weeks, consumed by such longing, wanting to just be alive beside each other.

Maybe I will always have to love the idea of love or a concept of God more than I can love a person.

Accepting uncertainty was the key to happiness.

I sometimes wondered why I even answered the phone, but I guess I always had the hope that it would be someone else, some other way of life calling for me.

The way children stretch time and the way adults forget that stretch could be one of the saddest differences in the world.

Will I ever stop being surprised by the ways people make hell?

Past love is as good as a past dream, intangible, impossible to share.

He excused himself for a nap, and this day blended into his dreams like like years blended into a life, unseen but still felt, the line between memory and present always bleeding.

I couldn't decide how to feel about what he was saying, whether it was all nonsense or just more evidence that I would never understand this world.

But what had really happened? It was still unclear. Was it possible nothing of any significance had ever happened between us and our ending was just the sad process of realizing this?

It was possible she might not have the right feeling after all, that she wasn't in love, wasn't in limerence, but was in some unnamed place alone.

Say no to being on-call 24/7 unless you are an emergency responder. Use a speakerphone, use a headset.

Blast Cecil!” said Eldric. “You have my permission,” I said.

I am comfortable that the principles that I articulated were never compromised.

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.

Life's tough. It's even tougher when you are stupid.

I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.

Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.

Profound thoughts and profound experiences get revealed to be tricks that we play on ourselves, and poetry gets revealed to be just, like, some dumb words that somebody put in an interesting order.

Social media gives one a family to share ones life with.