“If everything really does get better, the way everyone claims, then happiness should be graphable. But that's crap, because better isn't quantifiable.”

“Life is the tragedy,' she said bitterly. 'You know how they categorize Shakespeare's plays, right? If it ends with a wedding, it's a comedy. And if it ends with a funeral, it's a tragedy. So we're ...”

“We're living tragedies, just passing time 'til our funerals.”

“I still think that everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a singular tragic encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. That moment is the catalyst - the first step ...”

“And I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.”

“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many. Jokes could be grandly miscalculated, or stories deemed boring, and I'd learned early on that my sense of humo...”

“Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.”

“Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.”

“What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?'I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen to your dad when he told you not to bet against me?”