Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).

“Yeah, well call me unpatriotic, but I see don't see the cheerleader thing. Chee…”

“That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting…”

“Man kann sich nicht aussuchen, ob man verletzt wird auf dieser Welt, aber man k…”

“And for those two minutes we just stared at each other, and I watched the blue …”