“No one needed to say it, but the room overflowed with that sort of blessing. The combination of loss and abundance. The abundance that has no guilt. The loss that has no fix. The simple tiredness t...”

“It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened.”

“Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it cant fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As ...”

“Ponytail girl leaned over and she and the tall boy kissed and it was carcinogen gums and magical.”

“We end up kissing her for an hour, and her lips are so soft they are almost like a joke.”

“He said, I always thought the woman Id marry would hit me easy, in a bolt of lightning, and there is not lightning there is not even thunder there is not even rain.”

“Something good happens to you, and you let off a different energy that attracts other good things.”

“People are always telling women to lose weight, and then when they do, other women attack them for it.”

“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.”

“Not like this. He wanted it to be real.”

“I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”

“Ive perfected the art of the fake smile. Its not so difficult when you are completely numb.”

“A true success is when you become a reason for a Smile on their face.”

“You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.”