It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn't be torn if the pages all held together.

And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.

If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.

This is my life, I think. I am an accumulation of objects.

Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.