I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.

My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival

There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.

I would have done anything to feel real again.

I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs.

Problems always start long before you really, really see them.