“Lonelier than being alone is being completely surrounded by strangers who have plans for the weekend that don’t include you.”

“We arrive at this point, maybe it is adulthood, when we realize that some things are permanent.”

“I am not an oak tree or a gorilla or even a man. Despite the size of my feet and the span of my reach, I am a person and a woman.”

“I had begun to question every single aspect of what added up to my identity, and it left me bereft and exhausted and in need of a friend.“

“This moment repeated on me later, while I was lying in bed waiting for the alcohol to sweat itself out.  The way I said Darling.”