There is a part of her greater than the sum of her knowable parts. And that part has to go somewhere, because it cannot be destroyed.

And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.

You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth.

I hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents' suffering.

i know he's been looking forward to this--and i know that i've been looking forward to this. but now i have to stop looking forward and start looking at where i am. it's hard.

You just gotta tell her, man,’ I said. ‘You just gotta say, “Angela, I really like you, but there’s something you need to know: when we go to my house and hook up, we’ll be watched by the twenty-four hundred eyes of twelve hundred black Santas.

That smile could end wars and cure cancer.