“I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.”

“I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.”

“It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are. ”

“I love you," he writes again and again. "I can't bear to live without you. I'm counting the minutes until I see you." The words he uses are the idioms of popular songs and poems in the newspaper. And mine to him are no less cliched. I puzzle over the onionskin, trying to spill my heart onto the page. But I can only come up with the same words, in the same order, and hope the depth of feeling beneath them gives them weight and substance. I love you. I miss you. Be careful. Be safe.”

“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?”

“I am not glad she is dead, but I am not sorry she is gone.”

“Richard knows a bar that's open until two and they go off in search of it, the two girls tottering on their heels and swaying against the men, who seem all too happy to support them.”