Andrew Kaufman

We__e here,_ the Clock says.The Perfectionist opens her eyes. She sees nothing. It__ white. All white. There__ no up. There__ no down. No horizon. Nothing. It__ just white.__lock, what is this?_ asks the Perfectionist. Her voice is shaky.__his is the future.___his is the future?_ the Perfectionist asks. Her mouth is dry. She forces herself to swallow.__hy is the future like this?___ecause it hasn__ happened yet,_ says the Clock

Are you sad?" Nicola asked. Richard turned in the chair. The scissors became motionless."Yes. I am sad. I'm sad most of the time.""Does it bother you?""It never used to. But now it does. Very much.""It's because the world disappoints you," Nicola said. She set down hers scissors. "It continually fails to surprise you. It fails to be as wonderful as you long for it to be. This is where your sadness comes from.

She said, __nly the weak are afraid to appear so.

I don't remember a single monster before I met you.' he'd told Amphibian. 'Now they seem to be all over the place.''You mean there wasn't anything you were afraid of?' the Amphibian had asked him.'lots.''What did they look like?'It was a funny question.'They didn't look like anything. They were ideas,' Tom told him. 'Like not being able to pay rent, or being lonely.''That's the most terrifying thing I've ever heard.' the Amphibian replied.

You know, you're very strong" Nicola said."Thank you.""That's no compliment. It's your weakness. If you weren't so strong you wouldn't have to take it and so you wouldn't.

the code of a world he'd never been invited to join.

The Perfectionist pushed Tom onto her bed. She took off his shirt. She took off his shoes and his socks. She took off his pants. She took off his boxers.With most guys the Perfectionist would stop there. She didn__. She was still feeling reckless. She took off his skin. She took off his nervous system. She lifted up his rib cage. His heart beat in her hand. And there, underneath it, she found a rusted tin box. She opened it. Inside she found his hopes, his dreams and his fears. She stared at them. She was surprised to find them there and surprised at how beautiful they were. At that exact moment, the Perfectionist fell in love with Tom.

He knocks on doors and stands there. You__ be surprised how few doors get answered

Why do bad things happen to good people?''Because it makes a good story.

Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to guide us__o help us find that truth, not to tell us what it is.

Okay, there's this thing you can do, a thing you can do like no other person on this planet. That makes you special, but being special really doesn't mean anything. You still have to get dressed in the morning. Your shoelaces still break. Your lover will still leave you if you don't treat her right