“Was that semi-colon some kind of flirty wink or just bad punctuation?”

“As a prominent conservative told me that year, "We need to go out into the wilderness for a long time, and figure out how we can one day return.”

“We had slipped into each others lives seamlessly, as though we had known each other for years.”

“You're perfect for each other, she had insisted. "both of you act like you're already retired, always stuck at home reading books.”

“آدم‌ها می‌آیندزندگی می‌کنندمی‌میرندو می‌روندامافاجعه‌ی زندگی توآن هنگام آغاز می‌شودکه آدمی می‌ميردامانمی‌رودمی‌ماندو نبودنش در بودن توچنان ته ‌نشین می‌شودکه تو می‌میری در حالی که زنده­‌ایو او زنده می‌شود در حالی که مرده استاز مزار که بازگشتیقبرستان را به خانه نیاور”

“Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.”

“My advice to writers just starting out? Don't use semi-colons! They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing exactly nothing. All they do is suggest you might have gone to college.”