“Dr. StupidParker says that when I'm sad it really means I'm angry and when I'm angry it really means I'm afraid.”

“Why are you being so mean?""Friends tell friends the truth.""yeah, but not to hurt, to help.”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people, look at their dead baby. It's death porn for the masses. ”

“Killing people is easier than it should be. Dad put on his beret. Staying alive is harder.”

“Could he hear my heart pounding?”

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I dont want to die.”

“She did what she could for him. She kissed him in return. She lost her breath and both her hearts, and finally Turned to smoke and back.”

“If you want romance, fuck a journalist.”

“That's the thing with keeping up appearances, Rose; people will do anything to get one and anything to keep one.”

“I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus”