People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor.

Waffles аrе јust awesome bread.

I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.

When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.

Long week. Long month. Long life.

Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pillow. He’s wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim sausage casings.