But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley

Suffering is universal.

Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it

depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

For she had embodied the Great Perhaps--she had proved to me that it was worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes, and now she was gone and with her my faith in perhaps.

Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.

It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.