“I try to be a careful person. Most of the time my carelessness is completely unintentional.”

“I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.”

“Most of the time, it felt like my father and I were completely different species. Possibly literally, depending on the day and whether or not I actually qualified as human at the time.”

“Unintentional foreshadowing is unintentionally hilarious.”

“... in St. Petersburg, the most abstract and intentional city on the entire globe. (Cities and be intentional or unintentional.”

“I let go of my remorse...of wanting to fix his problems and cure his pain. This seems like such a common female thing, to lose oneself completely when trying to take care of others, but really, it is just another form of control, one that grants no faith in the other person and denies that they have the power and ability to help themselves.”