The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet prove unanswerable.

He let his mind wander. It went to a predictable place, and he missed her

You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.

Like all sick children,' he answered dispassionately, 'you say you don't want pity, but your very existence depends upon it.

You say into my cracks and I saw into yours.

The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible.

I wouldn't have cared if my girlfriend was a Jaguar-driving Cyclops with a beard - I'd have been grateful just to have someone to make out with.