It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.

My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football player on it. It's just a fantastic little book.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

Every dude in your high school wasn't striving to be the best poet because then he'd get all the girls, right? But you could imagine a society in which that were the case.

It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.

It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand.

Other things awaited. It was good to be young and to know it for once. So much unfolding to do.