Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace.

you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.

The path of your life can change in an instant.

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

She was astonished, and at the same time she knew. There were many things in life like that. You couldn’t imagine it, and then it happened and you couldn’t really imagine it hadn’t.

There are moments in your life when the big pieces slide and shift. Sometimes the big changes dong happen gradually but all at once. That's how it was for us. That was the day we discovered that friends can do things for you that your parents can't.

Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her.