“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that, to enjoy it.”
“If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.”
“The pact of timelessness between the two of us was ended, and I went from him into the darkening tunnel of the years.”
“I know that the thing under my bed doesn’t exist. But I also know that if I keep my feet under the blanket, it won’t grab my ankle.”
“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”
“People get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words. As if you had a meaning, as if you were a mere word, as if you were something that could be looked up in a dictionary. You are meaning.”
“You aren’t just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been.”
“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way you are right.”
“She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop window as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.”