Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

“I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the “Y…”

“I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting…”

“Be in control of your piece, Jo. The minute it takes control of you, you’re dea…”

“Tadas was sent to the principal today," announced Jonas at dinner. He wedged a …”