Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar.

Nothing was happening, really, but the moment was thick with mattering

In English, we don't have a word for people who aren't virgins. What the non-virgin lexical gap really made me think was that our obsession with sexual purity is such that once you are no longer this THING, you are indescribable.

Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when the sun isn't quite setting? That's the light that makes everything better, everything prettier, and today, everything just seemed to be in that light.

I’m not up for laughing, but their laughter makes the room feel safer, so we begin to explore.

I’ll give you my strength if I can have your remission.