Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you."… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I actually grew fond of her in a nastily superior kind of way. For she was so completely artless and optimistic and clueless, she didn't care that she smelled bad or was fat or wore clothes unlike everyone else's, she… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I suppose most people would think that it was wonderful, that the world is so varied, that there is something for everyone, and I… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds in a… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
New York is strange in the summer. Life goes on as usual but it’s not, it’s like everyone is just pretending, as if everyone… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I often feel like I want to think something but I can't find the language that coincides with the thoughts, so it remains felt,… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“... she had insisted on keeping the doors and windows shut, as if a sealed chamber could prevent death from entering, or life from… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Dr. Adler had instructed me to always say whatever I was thinking, but this was difficult for me, for the act of thinking and… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
What if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? I think that's what scares me: the randomness… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy religious people for the comfort of believing. It would make everything so much easier. — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image