It is such a terrifying thing to see a man cry.

books are like confort food without the calories

I think one of the reasons we have children is to believe everything all over again. And I'm not talking Santa, here, either.

Never be afraid of doing the thing you know in your heart is right, even if others don't agree.

Outside, the rain sometimes comes down so hard, we have to talk louder, and it feels like a miracle that the roof holds. It makes for a coziness and a gratefulness, too, that you have the choice to not be out in it. You can sit at the table and look out the window and not have to feel what you see.

Sometimes I try to remember things my mother told me about the awful way he was raised. But why does he have to keep on going? Why would you take something bad out of your mouth and hand it to another, saying, Here, eat this?

If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it.