That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.

Don't waste your time on life.

But, like anyone in love, Madeleine believed that her own relationship was different from every other relationship, immune from typical problems.

During a warm winter rain ... the basins of her collarbones collected water.

We're all made up of many parts, other halves. Not just me.

Jerome was sliding and climbing on top of me and it felt like it had the night before, like a crushing weight. So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love.

She wanted out of the decorating scheme.