Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel

Most friendships cannot be quantified, but the form provided a log of the exact number of hours Sadie had spent being friends with Sam.

one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.

“When you have children, you’ll never be able to worry about a friend as much again,” Dov said.

Sadie felt uncomfortable speaking about the work—the work, she naively felt, should speak for itself.

People once made glass sculptures of decay, and they put these sculptures in museums. How strange and beautiful human beings are. And how fragile.

This life is filled with inescapable moral compromises. We should do what we can to avoid the easy ones.”

ludic

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. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back—I know you won’t hurt me, even though you can.

“And this is the truth of any game—it can only exist at the moment that it is being played.