“pg 29 their brief relationship now strikes her as the most obvious mistake in the worl”

“I wonder: instead of retreating and hiding, instead of pining for the way it was, what if I accept the way it is? This strikes me as both the most obvious thing in the world and the most profound.”

“One of the big mistakes I think we make in relationships is that we don't give our best energy to the people that matter most.”

“ If a gurl understands your bullshit, stcks through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for, It'z obvious she's a keeper but itz also obvious dont deserve her either”

“To live strikes me as a metaphysical mistake of matter, a dereliction of inaction.”

“There are so many of us now that we threaten to devour the world with our touching, starting with the things we adore most. At the same time, we obviously yearn for contact, and I fear what would happen if we were cut off from a distinctive, on-the-ground relationship with the past.”