By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion.

Death is the only real elegance.

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.

Father said conflict develops the character

Oh, we are going to be so happy away from all the things that almost got us but couldn't quite because we were too smart for them!

Scott-there's nothing in the world I want but you-and your precious love. All the material things are nothing. I'd just hate to live in a sordid, colorless existence-because you'd soon love less-and less-and I'd do anything-anything-to keep your heart for my own-I don't want to live-I want to love first and live incidentally.