So she loved him. She just did immediately and again often and clearly naturally and soundly and obviously and many others.

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

We are a nation of children letting horrible things happen, and flunking Calc.

If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.

Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9.

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.