Words worth keeping

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.

How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.