Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.

Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat

It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.