Top Highlights

• “Its existence was just a fact. You never wondered where it came from because you can’t remember it not being there.”
• he had learned that you have to attack the day, “so it doesn’t attack you.”
• “GIRLS: before knocking, ask self—is something on fire?,”
• All of Patrick’s sweaters have holes in the elbows, even ones that aren’t very old. One side of his collar is always inside the neck, the other side over it and, despite constant retucking, an edge of shirt always finds its way out at the back. Three days after he has a haircut, he needs a haircut. He has the most beautiful hands I have ever seen.
• I WAS SIXTEEN the year I met Patrick. 1977 + 16 = 1993. It was Christmas Day.