“proximity/intimacy is not the same thing as connectivity: it is at best an elaboration, at worst a slippage.”

“Dante's definition of hell: proximity without intimacy. From the Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing”

“We’re the worst thing because for us the worst thing is the best thing. And it’s only the best thing for us if it’s the worst thing for someone else.”

“The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)”

“Men tend to remember the best things about the women they've loved and to forget the worst, which is why so many men make the same mistakes with women again and again. Women tend to forget the best things about the men they've loved and to remember the worst, which is why so many women become bitter about men.”

“It is when things are at worst you will get the best.”