those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.

“Estoy en una montaña rusa que solo va arriba, mi amigo.”

“Omaha, Nebraska. Sac City, Iowa. Alexandria, Indiana. Darwin, Minnesota. Hollyw…”

“I guess I had a hamartia after all.”

“Like any good teacher, she tolerated little dissension. She smoked and talked a…”