“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.”

“Try to be thoughtful, don't make the poor man say it;see how human he is,he has children of his own,it is your job to ask:Is she dead?And he will nod and say yesAnd now he can never not nod.And now he can never say no.And now he can never not sayyes.”

“And when I stand in the receiving linelike Jackie Kennedywithout the pillbox hat,if Jackie were fat and had taken enough Klonopinto still an ox,and you whisperI think of youevery day,don't finish withbecause I've been going to Weight Watcherson Tuesdays and wonder if you want to go too.”

“...always-the sharp,plaintive edgeon the rimof the spoonof my giving.(lines 8-13 of the poem 'Confessions')”

“She [Melanie] is the only dream I ever had that lived and breathed and did not die in the face of reality.”

“Is not where I live happily ever after, or who with. It's the fact that I live happily ever after.”

“The true story is vicious and multiple and untrue after all. Why do you need it? Don’t ever ask for the true story.”