Ellen Miller

“For years I had been aware of an important deficiency in the English language: a word to describe something a person loses that was never really hers.”

“I was too apathetic to be bored or anxious. Boredom and anxiety were the neurotic cousins of concern; they implied wishes. I had no wishes or wants. I didn't even want dope. I only needed it.”

“Her smile was a supernova: blazing, beautiful, short-lived.”