that's what I love you for: your inability to perceive all my hideous flaws

The cure might be worse than the problem

I've noticed that Henry needs an incredible amount of physical activity all the time in order to be happy. It's like hanging out with a greyhound.

But you make me happy. It's living up to being happy that's the difficult part.

He had never realized, while Elspeth was alive, the extent to which a thing had not completely happened until he told her about it.

In the dim light of the computer screen he seemed otherworldly; Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage.

It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.