You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for our anguish.

The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness.

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.

You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have.

As my mother once said to me, ‘They’re quite crazy, dear – men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is large enough, and calm and generous enough, to include you.

Because it is the Midwest, no one really glitters because no one has to, it's more of a dull shine, like frequently used silverware.

The point is that although love may die, what is said on its behalf cannot be consumed by the passage of time, and forgiveness is everything.