You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice.

We only have so long to play in the dirt and ask questions of rivers.

The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple with the futility of effort. Also they make us barf which isn't fun either... Wash your hands, cover your coughs, and find a way to hold in balance the futility of effort with the necessity to struggle.

Because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of.

She taught me everything I knew about crawfish and kissing and pink wine and poetry. She made me different.

moms aren’t the best audience for medication humor.