I wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall.

“He swaggered over to my mother, and kissed her so long and slow that my own che…”

“You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me. You don't get to trap…”

“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can…”

“by now you've already formed your own impression. you believe that an act commi…”