Chronocanine Envy: Sadness experienced when one realized that, unlike one's dog, one cannot live only in the present tense. As Kierkegaard said, "Life must be lived forward.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments.

Once he entered my life, I promptly forgot all my years of putting on a brave face while browsing at bookstores until closing time, and of having one, two, three beers while watching crime shows and CNN. I completely forgot the hateful sensation of loneliness, like thirst and hunger together pressing on my stomach.

I guess the thing about exposing your heart is that people may not even notice it. Like a flop movie. Or they'll borrow your heart and they'll forget to return it to you.

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.