Let me tell you a few things about regret. There is no end to it. Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?

...You know the mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, you don't know whether you're going to jump.

How vast was a human being's capacity for suffering. The only thing you could do was stand in awe of it. It wasn't a question of survival at all. It was the fullness of it, how much could you hold, how much could you care.

What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?

He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them.

A dependent clause (a sentence fragment set off by commas, dontcha know) helps you explore your story by moving you deeper into the sentence. It allows you to stop and think harder about what you've already written. Often the story you're looking for is inside the sentence. The dependent clause helps you uncover it.

Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow.