the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know.

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

Every last souvenir of the love we had, the prizes & the debris of this relationship, like the glitter in the gutter when the parade has passed, all the everything & whatnot kicked to the curb.

I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this once, because even now I want you to see it. I don't love you anymore, of course I don't, but there's still something I can show you. You know I want to be a director, but you never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.

Wherever it's good, whatever strange, faraway land, let's go there, let's stay in that place alone.