We all have some proper noun to blame.

There's a big difference between "not caring" or being "nihilistic" about a topic and simply not being enrolled by the drama presented by other people. Just because my characters choose not to react in standard, socially-appropriate ways - that does not mean they don't care. They just reject ordinary dramas.

I wish I had the courage not to fight and doubt everything... I wish, just once, I could say, 'This. This is good enough. Just because I choose it.

That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence.

How I feel is cheap and used, dirty and humiliated. Dirty and tricked and thrown away.

Why should I believe any of this?' It happens that fast. I say, because I think I like you. Marla says, 'Not love?' This is a cheesy enough moment, I say. Don't push it.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.