Is it OK not to be a virgin, yes. Most people aren’t virgins, Min. That’s why there’s people to begin with.

Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.

I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find?

I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms.

For Beatrice- My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.