Reincarnation Blues

“ ‘Love’ ” said Suzie, “and ‘in love’ aren’t always the same thing. ‘In love’ is a human thing. Chemicals. ‘Love’ is cosmic. I love you, too.”

“Who says Perfection is even desirable?” he asked.
“What do you mean?”
“What if I like my imperfections?” Milo asked. “I mean, when they say ‘imperfect,’ they’re talking about human desires, right? Like wanting someone to love you, and having a cool job and a car, and your kids go to college, and people admire you. And painful things, like if your mom dies, or you live in poverty and danger, or you have diabetes, or raccoons get in your garbage. That’s called ‘being alive.’ ”