The way I see it, how can you really say you'll love a person longer than love lasts?

I didn't want to be a sweet boy's sweet girlfriend. I wanted to be Fawn's equal, the kind of girl who stood up for herself and took care of business, who cut guys loose when it was required.

There was only today to throw yourself into without thinking about tomorrow, let alone forever. To keep you from thinking, there was liquor, an ocean's worth at least, all the usual vices and plenty of rope to hang yourself with. Love is a beautiful liar.

But in the end, fighting for a love that was already gone felt like trying to live in the ruins of a lost city.

Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.

I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive. He moved like light.

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was only twenty eight.