because the driving kept him going stay under seventy; God, my heart racing; I hate the taste of coffee; so wired though; okay, and clear of the truck; okay yes; right lane; and now just my own headlights against the darkness.

“The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed.”

“We just did an awesome job of not dying.”

“those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we belie…”

“Even if it’s a dumb story, telling it changes people just the slightest little …”