For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.

Aging is a chance to make what was good, great, and what was never so good, better...

The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.

Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar.

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

they danced as though they'd been waiting all their lives for each song.