...to be born into this world exactly the way it is, into these exact circumstances, even if that meant not having a dad or an ozone layer, even if it included pets that would die and acne and seventh=grade dances and AIDS.

“And I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that the…”

“E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at nig…”

“I have these secret pangs of shame about being single, like I wasn't good enoug…”

“I smiled back at her. I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them…”