“The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.”

“Awkward Day noun An antiholiday, Awkward Day is a heinous day filled with insecurity, vulnerability, and tension, created to highlight the newness of a romantic relationship and to test the living shit out of it. If you make it through Awkward Day, your relationship has legs. Good news is that it only lasts one day, if that long. Bad news is that it’s tedious and you might not have that new boyfriend by the end of it.”

“He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.”

“...it just goes to show you can't leave anything behind. You bring it all with you, whether you want to or not.”

“Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.”

“He thought of the next Saturday. [...] He thought of the picnic by the dipping pool on the river, where oaks and willows dappled the sun on water the color of tea; and girls in light summer dresses would sit in pools of pale cotton. And he knew he would not go.”

“I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action...”