"Then I lost it. Kinda lost it all, you know. Faith, dignity, about fifteen pounds."

"I can't fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up, every day. That was fou…"

"It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like."

"We have one of those conversations where everything clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even o…"

"I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like... Books, records, films—these things matte…"

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that…"

"Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut si…"

"I can see now I never really committed to Laura. I always had one foot out the door, and that prevented me from doing…"

"I could've wound up having sex back there. And what better way to exorcise rejection demons than to screw the person …"

"Joelle Carter - Penny Hardwick"