I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.

The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.

Maybe this isn't the right thing to say, but I want you to know: When you ran for the stage, I've never been so proud of you in all my life. You've always been beautiful; you've always been talented. And now I know that your moral compass is perfectly aligned, that you see clearly when things are wrong, and you do everything you can to stop it. As a father, I can't ask for more. I love you America. And I'm so so proud.

I hit your thigh!” “Oh, please. A man doesn’t need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.

But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that's what mothers did.

I had been so mad at him when I left, I'd given them back. All except for the one that stuck to the bottom of the jar. He smiled. "They're at home, waiting." "For what?" His eyes glittered. "That, I cannot say.

I thought about the cameras following me in the terminal and pictured my family watching my entrance on TV. I hoped they’d be proud.