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

“Those if us who frequent the band room have long suspected that Becca maintains…”

“Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is…”

“Like, each of us starts out as a watertight vessel. And these things happen--th…”

“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loo…”