"I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else."
"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."
"Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and then you discover the hallway you passed through is papered with the novel you've written."
"Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you."
"I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it."
"Grandfather informs me that is not possible."