But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.

Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too.

One of the reasons that art is important to me is sometimes it actually feels more coherent than life. It orders the chaos.

The only way we know it's true is that we both dreamed it. That's what reality is. It's a dream everyone has together.

Lux spent the ride dialing the radio for her favorite song. "It makes me crazy," she said. "You know they're playing it somewhere, but you have to find it.