4 Quotes by Wil McCarthy

The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my cats.

I burst out crying because I realized something right then and there: death was going to take her someday. Because she’d grow old and wrinkly, you see, and fill up with pain until it extinguished her, and it just... seemed intolerable. Shouldn’t it? I mean, even a diamond is forever, and a diamond can’t grip your finger.

Mark my words: living alone is the ultimate exploration of inner truth. It’s one thing to see yourself as a web of changing relationships: to others, to society, to material things and places. It’s quite another to see simply yourself, to be your own companion, to talk to yourself and answer back honestly. Your times change because others change them for you. My changes come purely from within.

Love is sublime, truly, a precious gift. But also, alas, one of God’s little pranks. It’s naive of you to confuse love with happiness, as if they were somehow the samae thing. In fact love, once found, is more akin to gravity: too strong, too close, and it will crush you. Unless you’re careful, always.