If you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.

All at once, I couldn’t figure out why I was methodically tossing a spherical object through a toroidal object. It seemed like the stupidest thing I could possibly be doing.

That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep.

Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds. Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force.

For me, the hero’s journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero’s journey is the voyage from strength to weakness.

I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to its dissipation.

There's your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going. Find your way out of that maze.