Six pull-tabs lay in the ashtray like scales from a mermaid.

“As you are all aware, in the course of life we experience many kinds of pain. P…”

“What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better.”

“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful travelling companions, but in th…”

“The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up a…”