Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

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

That's the problem with having a moral code. We want to destroy the jerkish part of the jerks, but we want to save the human being underneath.

This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day.

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.