What was in them was promise. They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in two mirrors set facing one another, stretching on, replica after replica, to the vanishing point.

“Never underestimate the value of superior hair as a literary influence.”

“He needed to exist only in the present, without guilt, without expectation.”

“Some days I do appreciate things more, eggs, flowers, but then I decide I'm onl…”

“If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending...But if it's …”