I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where you're not supposed to.

Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.

To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery.

I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence.

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

Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times

People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.