Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did, about how to behave. They were my teachers and my advisers.

“I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everyth…”

“I knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning, when he…”

“People pursue things. As soon as they have them they run away from them.”

“You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot a…”