[S]he leans into this guy and rocks her head like I’m making this music for her, when if I could, I would take it all away and give her as much silence as she’s given me pain.

No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.

True Love. I’m starting to suspect the concept is pure illusion, an insipid brand name manufactured by Hallmark and Disney.” — Cupcake

He's not my step brother technically, so I think it's okay that I kissed him once.

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a mass-marketing concept designed to help the bridge-and-tunnel crowd feel cool.

It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions.