“The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.”

“I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.”

“All right, all right," he said, with that gesture I'd come to hate: two open palms facing me and patting the air, as if pushing me away, pushing me down, pushing any tears I might be preparing to c...”

“I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.”

“Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.”

“For though I was raised Protestant, my true religion is actually civility. Please note that I do not call my faith politeness. Thats part of it, yes, but I say civility because I believe that good ...”

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

“Youll get over it Its the clichs that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You dont get over it because it is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are ...”

“Its the same with people who say, Whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesnt kill you maims you, cripples you, l...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”