“You were trying to tell me something and I was trying to tell you something else. We didn't trust each other and that was reason enough to make each of us right.” TryingReasonEnough Book:The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories Source: The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories
“I hold him to my chest. My love for him is the only unequivocally good thing I know is always there inside of me. It is the reason I should be spared all that is coming, the only reason.” KnowsShouldReasonGood ThingsChests Author:Elliot Perlman
“Listen- all that she was then, all that she is now, those gestures, everything I remember but won't or can't articulate anymore, the perfect words that are somehow made imperfect when used to describe her and all that should remain unsaid about her- it is all unsupported by reason. I know that. But that enigmatic calm that attaches itself to people in the presence of reason- it's something from which I haven't been able to take comfort, not reliably, not since her.” PeopleKnowsShouldMadeReasonAbleRememberUsedPerfectHavensComfortCalmImperfectGesturesUnsaidEnigmatic Author:Elliot Perlman