“People are always separable.”

“I'll kill myself. I swear, I'll kill myself," you threatened."We're not going to leave you alone," I said.But we had to, eventually.After all, people are always separable.”

“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”

“Are you two inseparable now?" I asked you.You laughed. "Don't you know, Evan? People are always separable."I wanted to say I had once thought the two of us were inseparable.But that would have only proven your point.”

“It was too heartbreaking to live with so many separations.”

“this is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it's too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it's not, because there's no way to cross out something like that. the X is a diagram of two paths.”

“that is why we call people exes i guess -- because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it's too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it's not, because there's no way to cross out something like that, the X is a diagram of two paths.”