And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation.

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

But you know what they say about Gutshot: the population never goes up and never goes down, because every time a woman gets pregnant, a man leaves town.

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else

The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real.

You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves.

Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me.