The only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly, deeply uninteresting people.

He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars.

I've lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters.

Random questions are the least random of all questions.

You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves.

And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. Everything that mattered except one lousy picture was in the trash, but it felt so great. I started jogging, wanting to put even more distance between myself and school. It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

I don't even know how ugly and pretty get decided.