The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

I stand in this parking lot, realizing that I’ve never been this far from home, and here is this girl I love and cannot follow. I hope this is the hero’s errand, because not following her is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Sunlight feels warm and rough against your skin like a kiss on the cheek from your dad.

Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

Keys show up when you reconcile yourself to the bus.

Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

I couldn't hear a thing in the world but you. And it was so cold then, and so silent, and I loved you so much. Now it's hot and dead quiet again, and I love you still.