I got up and hugged first his dad and then his mom, who held on to me too tight, like Gus used to, squeezing my shoulder blades.

“It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong …”

“But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even tho…”

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know …”

“Colin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never…”