“I'm falling into disrepair”

“I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.”

“And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.”

“People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.”

“Much of Macon's youth was ruled by connotations.”

“But his study was so dim and close, and it gave off the salty inky smell of mental fidgeting.”

“I write because I want to have more than one life.”