Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet.

What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

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

For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved.

There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Suddenly we are touching the sacred part -- running to the shoreline, feeling the first cold burst of water on our ankles, reaching into the tide to catch at shells before they ebb away from our fingers. We have returned to a world that is capable of glistening, and we are wading deeper within it.

There are few things harder than being born into the wrong body.

me: why is it upset? shouldn't it be downset? gideon: i will file a lawsuit against the dictionaries first thing tomorrow morning. we're going to tear merriam a new asshole and throw webster inside of it.