“She smiled thoughtfully. I think Jackson was like a lost puppy. He needed purpose, someone to believe in him and love him despite his bullshit. But he didnt have that, so he just went around humpin...”

“Forgiveness wasnt ever easy, but a feat much more manageable when you werent the subject of its grace. Maybe Id always be a broken recipient of grace. And in that musing, I found rest.”

“The moonlight rained down on the beach as if to shine a spotlight on my solitude, and I wanted to cry out at it, Why did you take her? You, surrounded by all of your twinkling stars and infinite wo...”

“You think when someone you love passes away, everything becomes clearer, that your priorities and perspectives align in a way theyve never aligned before because of the sobriety of it all. But it d...”

“Let me tell you something, honey. When your boobs fall south and that pretty skin of yours looks like youve been tanning in a nuclear war zone, youll see what I mean about independence. When the lo...”

“This was our rhythm, our worship: give and take, gift and receive, honor and entrust. Making love to this man wasnt just an expression of my feelings for him or a carnal, physical needit was an off...”

“Marc had grown up, gotten away from the partying lifestyle that made him feel as if his mere presence was a gift to those around him and knew himself for what he'd truly been back then. A fool. Hop...”

“Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you.”

“There. Let the gods of friendship and common sense strike him dead.”

“The words I Love You kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.”

“It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textu...”

“his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”