You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self.

As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at it as a writer, and you just admire the architecture and the construction.

Do you think there's any way humans can love each other without complication?

You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here.

Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.

God dwells within you, as you.

I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn't help smiling: 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.