“Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil.”

“Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.”

“I was steeped in denial, but my body knew.”

“A heart can stop beating for a while, one can still live.”

“I know one thing about men," Bunny says with finality, leaving the room to check on A. "They never die when you want them to.”

“He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and sure on the muddy path.”

“In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find and continue to find grounds for marriage.”

“You don't know when you're twenty-three.You don't know what it really means to crawl into someone else's life and stay there. You can't see all the ways you're going to get tangled, how you're goin...”

“Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.”

“Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had ridden only a few miles aw...”

“I thought women enjoyed affairs. I thought they got sparks of pleasure at the buzz of their phone, thought they ran around with a glow, their world suddenly on fire with new love. I thought they we...”

“If you're single and not committed, then go for it. The world's your oyster. But, if you're happily married and want to remain happily married, then the only oyster should be the one sliding down y...”

“But I miss screamin' and fightin' and kissin' in the rain and it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursin' your name. You're so in love the you act insane, and that's the way I loved you.”

“When I became insane, the music that calms me down”

“I would much rather have my grotesque products of the imagination compared to your delusional sanity.”