Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.
I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.
I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication, a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head.
Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.
Problems always start long before you really, really see them.
It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying.