It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so.

I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.

Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective.

Bang bang bang. I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the weight of a nightmare. You don't know what's out there, yet you know you'll open it. You'll think what I think: No one bad ever knocks.

And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine souls.

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.