Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation.

There was quantum mechanics, string theory, and then there was the most mind-bending frontier of the natural world, women.

Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone.

It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.

…deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It’s something you have to have before you die in order to have lived.