Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

But it is worth noting that to be good at something is not quite the same as loving it.”

“This being the world, everyone’s dying,”

To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt.

“Cunt” could make a person disappear from your life forever, and

“Why make anything if you don’t believe it could be great?”

But the best thing Marx did for them was this: He believed in them.

It’s more than romantic. It’s better than romance. It’s friendship.”

anything was fixable if you took the time to figure out what was broken.

“friend” was a broad category, wasn’t it? “Friend” was a word that was overused to the point that it had no meaning at

She almost seemed to be an extension of him, and he, of her.

nothing in life was as solid-state as it appeared.

pain, once it had you in its grasp, was transformational.

She realized what a gate was: it was an indication that you had left one space and were entering another.

virtual worlds can be better than the actual world. They can be more moral, more just, more progressive, more empathetic, and more accommodating of difference.

one doesn’t have to be a god or a king for your life to have meaning.”

Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.”

There are no ghosts, but up here”—she gestured toward her head—“it’s a haunted house.”

We must fill our infinite days with something.”

How quickly you go from being the youngest to the oldest person in a room,