I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

I don't believe in prom,' I reminded her as she rounded a corner. I expertly angled my raisin bran to accomodate the g-forces. I'd done this before.

That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

By saying you don’t care if the world falls apart, in some small way you’re saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms.

You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.

He missed his imagined future.