Téa Obreht Is The Most Thrilling Literary

It Struck Me That Distant Cities Are Designed Precisely So You Can Know Where You Came From.

People Think They Know The Mystery Of Living In Your Skin. They Don't. There's No One Who Knows Except The Person Who Carts It Around Her Own Self.

Long Ago, Long Ago. The Simple Things Come Back To Us. They Rest For A Moment By Our Ribcages Then Suddenly Reach In And Twist Our Hearts A Notch Backward.

You Cannot Read Any Image Of The World Trade Center Without Thinking Of 9/11.

That's What Sons Do: Write To Their Mothers About Recall, Tell Themselves About The Past Until They Come To Realize That They Are The Past.