There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The branches don't think much about the roots, and maybe the roots don't think much about the branches, but all the time, they're connected by the trunk, you know?

I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.

...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.

The scent is sweet and meloncholy. A bit like dying, a bit like falling in love.

He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.

The only love she inspires is the canine kind.

Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.