“I now have anti-bodies to assholes after working for so many.”

“I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in your heart.”

“The moment you realize that life will hurt more than your death. While existing, we're forced to become acquainted with sadness. There's no antibiotic for the ridding of distress, and no alleviatio...”

“(On getting married at 19) We told ourselves we had forever and we never looked back. The problem was that we never really looked ahead.”

“As we get older, it matters less where you are and more who you're with.”

“She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened.”

“A young woman, newly wed, may find herself in the delightful position of wanting to do nothing without the company of her darling husband. She may indeed discover that she spends all her waking hou...”

“The SleepingI have imagined all this:In 1940 my parents were in loveAnd living in the loft on West 10thAbove Mark Rothko who painted cabbage rosesOn their bedroom walls the night they got married.I...”

“Their wedding night was at a little hotel in Paris. There were walk up steps and a lovely view. And all was well for these two.”

“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?""Yes. I want to ruin you.""Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”

“If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your ol...”

“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”