The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

“Mom sobbed something into Dad's chest that I wish I hadn't heard, and that I ho…”

“Okay, he said. I gotta go to sleep. It's almost one.Okay, I said.Okay, he said.…”

“The oblivion fear is something else, fear that I won't be able to give anything…”

“That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles…”