It seemed that everyone else could mate, could fit their parts together in pleasant and productive ways, but that some almost indistinguishable difference in my anatomy and psyche set me slightly, yet irrevocably, apart.
Peter CameronWhat if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? I think that's what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by.
Peter CameronIt wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it.
Peter CameronMost people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you." I think just the oppositeโthat thoughts are realest when thought, that expressing them distorts or dilutes them.
Peter Cameron