And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words. He had never told anyone about it, and he probably never would.

Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me.

That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution

You might think you made a new world or a new self, but your old self is always gonna be there, just below the surface, and if something happens, it'll stick its head out and say 'Hi.' You don't seem to realize that. You were made somewhere else.

It's basically impossible for everybody's justice to prevail or everybody's happiness to triumph, so chaos takes over.

She was a keen observer, a precise user of language, sharp-tongued and funny. She could stir your emotions. Yes, really, that's what she was so good at - stirring people's emotions, moving you. And she knew she had this power...I only realized later. At the time, I had no idea what she was doing to me.