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“He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”

“Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.”

"The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.”

“I know love is dark work; you have to get your hands dirty. If you hold back, nothing interesting happens. At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you; too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?”

“Maybe I was just terrified that I might be the closest thing she had to leaving a piece of herself behind.”

“You can't tell me I matter and then leave like I don't.”

“What ideas never surface because we imagine we already have all the answers?”

“I am begging: Let me be lonely but not invisible.”