I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

I actually don't have a great surplus of ideas. Some evolve very slowly, over many years, but I sort of trust that all of the interesting ones will become something that I eventually end up doing.

In the weeks that followed, we amazed ourselves. Our habits slid apart easily...And our very few intimacies were simply discontinued. Where did they go, those things we did? Were they recycled? Did some new couple in China do them? Were a Swedish man and woman foot to foot at this very moment?

When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is.

I've always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases, you can count on a friend to say something. The Internet is different, because all my friends are in the same relationship.

I wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself.