“These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.”

“Nora had been training herself not to think too much about her kids. Not because she wanted to forget them - not at all - but because she wanted to remember them more accurately. For the same reaso...”

“To this day, shes still sad. Because theres not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. Im just saying that I took the pain that was inside of...”

“Im only human, she told herself. Theres not enough room in my heart for everyone.”

“It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.”

“Next time shed have to ask him to keep the light on while he did it, so she could watch his face. That was the best part of the whole thing as far as she was concerned, the way a guys face contorte...”

“I shall treat the nature and power of the Affects, and the power of the Mind over them, by the same Method by which, in the preceding parts, I treated God and the Mind, and I shall consider human a...”

“He knew how to handle pain. You had to lie down with pain, not draw back away from it. You let yourself sort of move around the outside edge of pain like with cold water until you finally got up yo...”

“Sometimes, people dont need our homes to live in or our bodies to lean on. All they need are our hands to lift them up.”

“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give ...”

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”

“By embracing your subconscious, you gain a different way of seeing and experiencingan expanded perception that opens a doorway, not only to lucid dreams, but also to the mythic dimension. As in lu...”

“In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object God. Instead these become ways in which we engage with the world. Yet, as we affirm the world in lo...”

“It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.”

“The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.”