How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.

Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.

I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.

Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies.

Truly, a life in constant pain is the life of the damned.

You search endlessly for permanent happiness in a world where nothing is permanent.

You think sex is dirty. You have a dirty mind.