Sublime

insouciance.

The Phantom Tollbooth

I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we are least prepared to pay and need to borrow more.

She is an abyss that he can reach into, an empty space for him to fill.

You aren’t trying to have a relationship with the character. You are trying to have a relationship with the author through the character.”