“Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”

“On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the wall. Again...”

“If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.”

“The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked”

“Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.”

“If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.”

“But war had a taming effect”

“Writers aren't exactly people.... They're a whole bunch of people trying to be one person.”

“Theres a loneliness that only exists in ones mind. The loneliest moment in someones life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is blink.”

“I refuse to believe that were going to go through life without something magical happening”

“Ambiades, I realized, was the kind of person who liked to put people in a hierarchy, and he wanted me to understand that I was at the bottom of his. He was supposed to treat me politely in spite of...”

“I refuse to believe that we’re going to go through life without something magical happening”

“I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyon...”

“Thats love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.”

“Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.”