“But I remember seeing a mess of leaves suddenly go skittering in the wind and into the creek, then floating rapidly down the creek towards the sea, making me feel a nameless horror even then of 'Oh my God, we're all being swept away to sea no matter what we know or say or do”
“I'll even let her tie me to a chair if it'll make her feel better.”
“Exactly what part of that is supposed to make me feel better?" Though, honestly, hearing that she was jealous of me did make me feel a teeny, tiny bit better.”
“she knows how to make me feel better - when she isn't making me feel like an asshole”
“For me, at least, feeling something, even something bad, is better than feeling nothing.”