Trouble defies the law of gravity. It's easier to pick up than to drop.

Seattle is not an overly friendly city. It is a civil city, but not altogether friendly. People from outside mistake the civility for friendliness. Seattle is full of people who have their own lives to live. They won't waste their time being friendly. But they are civil.

I ain't sleeping. I'm just taking a good look at the insides of my eyelids.

At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. By day, it doesn't look like a city at all. The trees out-number the houses. And that's completely typical of Seattle. You can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back?

Seattle is this curious liberal island.

Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.

Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.