there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.

It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.

There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.

Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.

All literature is gossip.

[Y]outh is hardly human: it can't be, for the young never believe they will die...especially would they never believe that death comes, and often, in forms other than the natural one.

I live in Brooklyn. By choice. Those ignorant of its allures are entitled to wonder why.