For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.

I think we'll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn't want us to be miserable.

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.

But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.