This Is A Very Violent Place To

I Would Seriously Rather Be In A Long Line At The Dmv Than Eat With People I Don't Know.

... One Of The Immutable Laws Of Being Human Is That The People Who Show Up Are The Right People. [p. 65]

...most Of The Time, All You Have Is The Moment, And The Imperfect Love Of The People Around You.

Thirty Years Ago My Older Brother, Who Was Ten Years Old At The Time, Was Trying To Get A Report Written On Birds That He'd Had Three Months To Write, Which Was Due The Next Day. We Were Out At Our Family Cabin In Bolinas, And He Was At The Kitchen Table Close To Tears, Surrounded By Binder Paper And Pencils And Unopened Books About Birds, Immobilized By The Hugeness Of The Task Ahead. Then My Father Sat Down Beside Him Put His Arm Around My Brother's Shoulder, And Said, "bird By Bird, Buddy. Just Take It Bird By Bird.

Her Purse Was A Weight, Ballast; It Tethered Her To The Earth As Her Mind Floated Away.