She felt some measure of relief knowing that in the very least, on the open road she would have some time to think.

There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.

Morning comes like a scream through a pinhole.

I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

Every time my brain parks the car neatly in the driveway, my mouth drives through the back of the garage.

We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day.