His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.

She was sad about what happened to Kostos. And someplace under that, she was sad that people like Bee and Kostos, who had lost everything, were still open to love, and she, who'd lost nothing, was not.

It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions.

But like everything else, love changed.

She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted or even want what she wanted.

You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.