I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space

It's like thinking you're going to heaven, but when you get there it turns out to be Cleveland.

You missed World Hist." "Did you get notes for me?" "No. I thought you were dead in a ditch.

When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes with my eyes closed now, but I just can't get over this craving for krill." He shrugged. "And I feel sorry for the whale that got my brain. Probably swimming around Florida now trying to catch glimpses of girls in bikinis.

You'll have to go commando." "Is there any other way?

Why did everything feel like saying good-bye?

Again and Again, however, we know the language of love, and the little churchyard with its lamenting names and the staggeringly secret abyss in which others find their end: again and again the two of us go out under the ancient trees, make our bed again and again between the flowers, face to face with the skies