Feeling someone else's anger is bad; being left alone is worse.

There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

I text tiny a minute later. MADE NEW GAY FRIEND. And he texts back PROGRESS!!!

This is what you do now to give your day topography--scan the boxes, read the news, see the chain of your friends reporting about themselves, take the 140-character expository bursts and sift through for the information you need. It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say. The illusion of participation can sometimes lead to participation. But more often than not, it only leads to more illusion, dressed in the guise of reality.

The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. As I step out of bed and slip on an oversize shirt, everything around me feels like it's the temperature of happiness.

this blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off.

You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.