If we couldn't carry our dead inside us, we would be empty.

Romance is all about making a story out of our love.

When I played doctor I played to win.

I'd rather die terrified than live forever.

Well, it's possible to be mentally ill and rational.

I live to feel her fingers move inside of me like this. The bus makes another stop. A fat man climbs aboard, hauling himself up the stairs. I would kill him for one more moment with her fingers inside me. I don’t have to. She gives me my moment for free. He lives because of her generosity. We all live because of her generosity.

I don't fall in love very easily. It takes a long time, and then, when I have fallen in love, I'm still not sure. I'm suspicious of myself. What if tomorrow I don't feel the same? I have to wait, to be sure. And I wait and wait.