“From early childhood on, I was haunted by the feeling that no one could hear me.” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“And now I was proving that apparently I had learned no lesson at all about making bad, spontaneous, emotionally based decisions.” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘It’s just that I’m so tired of everybody throwing up their hands every time a relationship hits a rough patch,’ I said. ‘I did it in both my marriages, and I swore I wouldn’t do it again.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘There’s so much I wanted to give you. But I just couldn’t.’ ‘What the fuck does that mean?’ I screamed at him as he closed the door behind him. ‘is that some kind of bullshit for people without a grid?’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘A relationship with the opposite sex is like buying a new American car,’ he said, mixing paint. ‘It starts out looking great, but it only keeps going for about two and a half years. Then you spend the next two and a half years trying to restore it.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘Well, there’s two kinds of peeing,’ he said.  ’There’s regular peeing, because you have to pee.  And then there’s auxiliary competitive peeing.  For acquiring an empire.  I’m all about the real estate.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘As a language purist, I can’t bring myself to say ‘grande latte,’ knowing that the rest of my sentence is going to be in English.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘So that jack-off goes with you to hold your hand? Unless he’s gay, he just wants to fuck you. No straight guy acts like that without a motive.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘And if none of this links to anything in you, well … I think you don’t know who I am. And that makes me think I’m just waiting around to be surprised that you’ve decided it’s time for you to get out of here. Again.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe

“‘I’m not into bullshit clichés like dying.’” – Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe