Indiana,’ he said. ‘They steal the land from the Indians and leave the name, yes?

Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every endeavor.

It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.

Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease.

When you leave a place, it's best to leave.

I don't think you can ever fill the empty space with the thing you lost.