“You could never be just”

“Thus, ultimately, there never could be an absolute end; just as there never could have been an absolute beginning. There could only be a continuous unfolding.”

“She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you.”

“And I could never see you depart us and you’re my baby, you’re just another girl.”

“It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache.”

“Why is it always the world? Why is it never just half a block? Or Jersey? You know, something we could live without?”

“Every day, thought Stone, is a revelation. At night it seems that you will never see it again, that it has been lost in the darkness. But with the sun, you hold your breath and look, and there it is. Just as it was; as you could never quite remember it.”

“If you could just ravel out into time. That would be nice. It would be nice if you could just ravel out into time”

“Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you.”

“Never was much of a romantic
I could never take the intimacy
And I know I did damage
'Cause the look in your eyes is killing me
I guess you knew of that advantage
'Cause you could blame me for everything
And I don't know how I'ma manage
If one day, you just up and leave.”