Pain is like fabric: The stronger it is, the more it's worth.

Hi," I said. "How are you?" "Grand.

Maybe okay will be our always.

How did you get so grown up that you understand things that confuse your ancient mother?

You are a side effect of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation.

I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up," he said. "And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you," I said.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is your Last Good Day.

It was sure a privilege to love him.

There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.