Already there was black rain inside me.

“It was like a lucky pebble kept in my pocket that got so shined up from rubbing…”

“I do a great deal of research. I don’t want anyone to say, ‘That could not have…”

“You have that syndrome that chronically sick kids get, like overdeveloped consc…”

“I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy.”