There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can delude yourself, but you can't re-create what's over.

Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation.

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

We're all going overnight express delivery straight to Hell.

they should let some people into the library by prescription only

I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.

And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces the trap.