Like the trains, she's never on time and always departing.

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.

Thy only authentic ending is the one provided here: John and Mary die, John and Mary die, John and Mary die.

Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.

Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants.

Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.

All fat women look the same; they all look 42.