“Still, his apartment has that dreamlike qualityof feeling like home though I know its not. Not mine anymorebut how many people get to visit the past without hurting anything?To come back and drink ...”

“We must love one another whether or not we die.Love cant block a bulletbut it cant be destroyed by one either,and love is, for the most part, what makes Us Usin Orlando and in Brooklyn and in Kabul...”

“and my pack so light Im sure Ive left something behindbut only my worry, and only for a moment.”

“LeavingHe stood backlitby windows full of winter,a shade thrown over his face.What a waste, I thought.What relief.”

“We must love one another whether or not we die.Love can’t block a bulletbut it can’t be destroyed by one either,and love is, for the most part, what makes Us Us—in Orlando and in Brooklyn and in Ka...”

“and my pack so light I’m sure I’ve left something behind—but only my worry, and only for a moment.”

“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”

“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”

“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.''In fact,' said Mustapha Mond, 'you're claiming the right to be unhappy.' 'All ...”

“It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end up lipsticks in a drawer, all those wrong colors you thought looked so good in the package.”

“Either we are running from what we fear or running to what we fear. The former is a choice controlled by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it.”

“Who you are is not determined by what you wear, the money in your wallet, nor how you look. Who you are is simply determined by who or what you follow. If you follow money you will only seek after ...”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”