He seemed to be waiting for me to move forward. Weren't we all.

People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.

I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.

There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.

My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.

… it wasn’t pretend, I wasn’t in a fairytale or a fable. I shut my eyes and absorbed the silent whoomp that always accompanies this revelation. It’s the sound of the real world, gigantic and impossible, replacing the smaller version of reality that I wear like a bonnet, clutched tightly under my chin.