In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.

In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.

When you break the heart of the philosopher, you must apply great force and cunning strategy, but when the deed is completed, the heart lies in great stony ruin at your feet. If you succeed in breaking it, the job is done once and for all. It will not be repaired.

Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that day. That day is always in your possession. That's the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the variables might just line up again. But they don't. Not always. I once talked to a woman who said, "Yeah, that's the day we had an angel around.

It's better to be nominated for awards than not to be nominated for them, but of course to some degree such awards [National Book Award] are always subjective.

Everybody should customize their names.

When readers don't like the book, it's usually because they feel that romantic love is pass or somehow needs more irony.