It’s precisely because of the pain, the we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive—or at least a partial sense of it.

“There's no sense forcing yourself if you don't feel like it. Tell you the truth…”

“Once you pass a certain age, life becomes nothing more than a process of contin…”

“There is a slight difference between collecting fifty wine labels and collectin…”

“The blood must have already, in its own silent way, seeped inside.”