“Whats wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why youre not beside me.”

“Theres something different about him, and I dont have to think hard to see it. Something about the way he takes over a room, the way he looks at me, like he has already identified and can disarm ev...”

“Society is better off with me in a gym.”

“Do You think it matters if they're tiny or deep? he asked. Well, if they're not tiny breaths and they're not deep breaths, then they're just ... breaths. Then you're just breathing for the sake of ...”

“Must have been some kind a nightmare.Yeah, I answer, my usual calm, vacant voice returning. Cant wait to wake up.”

“No human can bury their past indefinitely. Its only a matter of time before you crack.”

“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. ...”

“Life is but a dream for the dead.”

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains....”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”

“Whats wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why youre not beside me.”

“No human can bury their past indefinitely. Its only a matter of time before you crack.”

“He leans in closer and closer until his breath caresses my mouth. Im paralyzed. I swear hes going to kiss me. I swear Im going to let him.”