You're just trying on different identities, like everyone in those Shakespeare plays. And the people we pretend at, they're already in us. That's why we pretend them in the first place.

Every fiction has its base in fact.

Quitting’s not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy.” “Really? Was that how you quit me?

It's a good thing Kerry's dead, because that funeral would've sent him over the edge," Henry said.

Anything can happen in one day.

he kissed me hard. "Promise me. Promise me you'll spend New Year's with me next year," he whispered into my ear.

So are you moving on now? Is that what brought you to the grand metropolis of Valladolid?” “No. The wind just blew me here.” “What? Like a plastic bag?” “I prefer to think of myself as a ship. Like a sailboat.