People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?

We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together.

I am going to the bad place, as is my wont.

Almost any age is better than twenty-two.

Being a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.

I do not go outdoors. Not more than I have to. As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.