Potholes and bumps? Welcome to the world. Every road gas them. They're there to be navigated, avoided, driven over, or through to the other side. Don't keep driving into the pothole.

“Brian closed the condition book, pressed his fingers to his tired eyes. Like Pa…”

“Within months, Ray Quinn had died, but he'd kept his word. He'd kept it through…”

“Words have magic. Spells and curses. Some of them, the best of them, once said …”

“It's life, and it's messy, and it breaks down.”