Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued.

The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through.

I don't know where I end and the world begins. My best guess? Skin. It's the only actual boundary between the body and the world, between a body and any other body.

This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish.

We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven...

Moonlight making crosses on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.

Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like “I deserved a better life than this.