i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.

Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.

It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works

It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.

It's a weakness to apologize before hearing what the other person's grievances are. You don't want to end up creating new grievances where there were none to begin with. Another Daddy-ism, if you hadn't already guessed.

Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.