I've never particularly liked bankers.

Grandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window.

Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

Darling, You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love. Your father

....Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.

Brod discovered 613 sadnesses, each perfectly unique, each a singular emotion, no more similar to any other sadness than to anger, ecstasy, guilt, or frustration. Mirror Sadness. Sadness of Domesticated Birds. Sadness of Being Sad in front of One's Parent. Humor Sadness. Sadness of Love Without Release.

Since the world has changed so much, the same values don't lead to the same choices anymore.