Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break.

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy.

A heroin-thin boy with enough rings in his eyebrows to resemble a shower curtain rod.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.