Borderline

"What if we find his body in there or something?"
"I think the standard procedure is to make a bad pun and put on sunglasses."

"What is the Arcadia Project? According to Google, it`s either an anthology of postmodern pastoral poetry, a platform for the publication of illustrated environmental histories, or a phenomenology of attentional economics."
"A what?"
"I have no idea; I don`t speak grad-student."

You don`t get to have it both ways, Millie. You don`t get to have people care about you but no one pock around in your business.

You`ve got to find something to care about besides yourself, or you will literally die of the pain.

I felt bad, but not as bad as I should have felt, which only made me feel worse.

Suicide isn`t a way of ending pain; it`s just a way of redistributing it.

It had been a long time since I had been awakened by a sunrise, and I`m one of those rare people who adores it. I love a day I haven`t screwed up yet.

I don`t know how to describe the feeling that overtook me except to call it love. It had the same bouquet: electric top notes of want, smoky warmth at the heart, and a bitter base note of unworthiness.

It`s funny how our own thoughts sound meaner when they come out of someone else`s mouth.