I fear your faith has been mis- placed—but then, faith usually is.

A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.

It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.

The punch connected, but (1) Colin forgot to close his fist, so he was slapping not hitting, and (2) instead of slapping TOC, he ended up slapping Hassan flush across the cheek, whereupon Hassan finally succeeded in falling down.

You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.

I was thinking about this girl you love so much," she said, "And this place I love so much. And how that happens. How you can just fall into it.

I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple with the futility of effort. Also they make us barf which isn't fun either... Wash your hands, cover your coughs, and find a way to hold in balance the futility of effort with the necessity to struggle.