A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There are too many possibilities. The house he once wished for with all his heart is suddenly too small. The travel, too cheap. He wanted to visit an island. Now he contemplates buying one.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

You can always count on your family to love you. And to betray you. And then to feel guilty about it.

Little mouse," a voice said through the keyhole. "Don't you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat's delight?

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.