Jerome said, It's like, a family doesn't work anymore when everyone in it is more miserable than they would be if they were alone, You know?

I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.

He did not consider if or how or why he loved them. They were just love: they were the first evidence he ever had of love, and they would be the last confirmation of love when everything else fell away.

In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

...They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.

It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.