Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone

There has yet to be a human to survive a span of history without at least one end of the world.

The world is a big place," he said, "but so is the inside of an apartment!

She extended a hand that I didn't know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.

My life story is the story of everyone I've ever met.

I was more alone than if I had been alone.

We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from radiating influence even if we want to.