“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

“A truth should exist, it should not be used like this. If I love you is that a fact or a weapon?”

“Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.”

“Potential has a shelf life.”

“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”

“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, ru...”

“I look at him with the nostalgic affection men are said to feel for their wars, their fellow veterans. I think, I once threw things at this man. I threw a glass ashtray, a fairly cheap one w...”

“There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly. Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hardshelled, firmly closed.”

“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.”