Kittredge had obviously misjudged her, but he had learned that was the way with most people. The story was never the story, and it surprised you, how much another person could carry.

And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.

I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.

This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.

I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right.

Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.

The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a top hat.