The Dinner List

“Forgiveness,” Conrad repeats, like it’s a stone he’s turning over in his hands. “It’s more for the bestower than the bestowed.”

it’s easier to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends.

There is no simple beauty in perfection.”

Popularity means people like it, and isn’t there a strong correlation between pleasure and quality?”

I thought there was something essential about us,” I say. “That we were fundamental. That we were just destined to fit back together.”