Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

It's a good thing Kerry's dead, because that funeral would've sent him over the edge," Henry said.

There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.

Standing here, in this quiet house where I can hear the birds chirping out back, I think I’m kind of getting the concept of closure. It’s no big dramatic before-after. It’s more like that melancholy feeling you get at the end of a really good vacation. Something special is ending, and you’re sad, but you can’t be that sad because, hey, it was good while it lasted, and there’ll be other vacations, other good times.

Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.

Closure. I loathe that word.

Can you move on from something when you're not sure what it is you're moving on from?