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

Margo says, "I know what she's talking about. The something deeper and more secret. It's like cracks inside of you. Like there are these fault lines where things don't meet up right.

Okay, maybe I'm not such a shitty writer. But I can't pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations.

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.

Right. I'd forgotten about her.' He shook his head. 'That keeps happening.