“By the fur of Maurice the dog I love you.”

“Despite everything I go on succeeding.”

“I want to fight myself with all my arms against all my arms.”

“Powerful women always interpret hostility as unrequited love.”

“Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.”

“The sun beats down, and I feel my shoulders burning. I could stay in this boat all day. Time is suspended in a boat. I take a deep breathand try to remember this moment, the heat on my face, the grit under my feet, the strength of the waves. I run my hands through the pebblesand sand, searching for sea glass. One thing leads to another. There are tide pools between the larger rocks, tiny rivers connecting themto the sea”

“It takes a while to understand this," Vaughn says to me, "but there's enough room in a life for failure and loss." He picks up his coffee and takes a big sip, swivels in his stool. "You can really fuck up in your life. You can fuck up and then have things be okay.”