“You have to learn from experience what a character in a story by Edna O'Brien states: that the reason love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” LovePainExperienceFutility Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables
“Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it.” LoveWritingDeathSuicideGrievingDogs Book:The Friend Source: The Friend
“Nothing has changed. It’s still very simple. I miss him. I miss him every day. I miss him very much. But how would it be if that feeling was gone? I would not want that to happen. I told the shrink: it would not make me happy at all not to miss him anymore.” LoveDeathGrief Book:The Friend Source: The Friend
“The part of us that wants to be married and have a family is the part that wants to be normal, like other people, set on the path we were raised to believe was the right path--not just to happiness, but to respectability, acceptance, community. The part of us that wants love-potion-strength romance is the part that wants to go mad.” LoveHappinessRomanceCommunityFamilyMarriageAcceptanceMadnessNormalityRespectability Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables