Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places.

There are few sights sadder than a ruined book.

They say that when you’re really in love, the world becomes gossamer and gorgeous, but in my experience the world gets grimy, and the love object is in stark relief from the surroundings. This is love, a pretty thing on an ugly street.

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

You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can’t invent more time.

The last time I saw you I was trying to throw thumbtacks into your cradle!

Death is something you cannot escape, such as death, or a cheesecake that has curdled, both of which always turn up sooner later.