It's not the easy things that let you get to know a person.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: "I don't normally feel this good about what I'm doing." Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

Most people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an interruption.

That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.

It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

There comes a time when the body takes over the life. There comes a time when the body’s urges, the body’s needs, dictate the life. You have no idea you are giving the body the key. But you hand it over. And then it’s in control. You mess with the wiring and the wiring takes charge.