12 quotes found
“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”
“If you love me, Henry, you dont love me in a way I understand.”
“I know history. There are many names in historybut none of them are ours.”
“We clutch our bellies and roll on the floor...When I say this, it should mean laughter,not poison.”
“This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish.”
“But damn if there isn't anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, a bottle of pills.”
“We pull our boots on with both handsbut we can't punch ourselves awake and all I can do is stand on the curb and say Sorryabout the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.I couldn't get the boy to...”
“You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and yo...”
“Here is the cake, and here is the fork, and here's the desire to put it inside us, and then the question behind every question: What happens next?”
“Dear Forgiveness, you know that recentlywe have had our difficulties and there are many thingsI want to ask you.”
“The blond boy in the red trunks is holding your head underwater because he is trying to kill you, and you deserve it, you do, and you know this, and you are ready to die in this swimming pool becau...”
“There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything you need. Now say hello.”
