Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime a person does even the smallest thing, it is as if a stone has dropped into the pond, spreading circles of ripples further and further out, until the entire world has been changed by one tiny action.

I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.

How do you forget something? You just walk away from it, those who are still alive. There are so few clearings in our hearts and minds, so few places where something can't grow on top of whatever happened to us before, and this is love too.

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

I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do.

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

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.