Don't write about your most emotionally charged moment as a learning thing.

You’re training a new employee,' says Mrs. Clark, 'to take over your boring old job.' When you raise a child.

People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.

The answer is there is no answer.

You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

Since we do operate in a binary world, if there's something that cannot be this or that, it drives us crazy.

And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So maybe during the day, I can rush around and undo the damage.