That was what I wanted, but I don't need it to be gone. I can love you and I can love life and bear the pain all at the same time. I think the pain might even make the rest better, the way a good setting can make a diamond look better.

“And I wonder if there is really any point to what I'm doing, or what I'm suppos…”

“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”

“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what…”

“The wind makes you ache is some place that is deeper than your bones. It may be…”