Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.
In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases
It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow beside my face and to see your eyes open in the morning when I lie next to you—just watching you, waiting for you to wake up.
Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.