My father was often angry when I was most like him.
It was an unspoken pleasure, that having come together so many years, ruined so much and repaired a little, we had endured.
The only good thing about [aging] is you're not dead.
Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We promise only to do our best and to live out our lives. Dear God, that's all we can promise in truth.