I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him

It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?

There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.

Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.