There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses--bound for dust--mortal--

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

I see you're looking at my cuff buttons." I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.

There's so much spring in the air- there's so much lazy sweetness in your heart.

He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized.

I love this simply because it's cute, and I guess it's a sign of the times in many respect. It's pretty much saying you complete me, only in the sweetest way possible.

She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.