For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.

The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.

Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.

Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty.

Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade.