It was queer meeting him there—odd I mean—and what are the odds we’d meet at a gay bar? I was there to meet a woman, I think.

“When I have children I want an even number of boys and girls, and that’s why I …”

“I poured a compass into my coffee, to give the flavor some direction.”

“Sword and words—same letters, and same ability to cut down.”

“If anger were money, only a fool would greedily save it up. And a wise man woul…”