We read so that we can be moved by a new way of looking at things.

Whenever she thought she could not feel more alone, the universe peeled back another layer of darkness.

These people picked you up and played with you and then left you lying in the rain

Let me tell you a few things about regret. There is no end to it. Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?

The word rattled in my head like rocks in an oatmeal box.

Let me tell you a few things about regret...There is no end to it. You cannot find the beginning of the chain that brought us from there to here. Should you regret the whole chain, and the air in between, or each link separately as if you could uncouple them? Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?

Life should always be like this. ... Like lingering over a good meal.