Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself

It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die and I wanted her to live and we were enemies who loved each other.

David Bergen is a master of taut, spare prose that's both erotic and hypnotic. . . .

A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you

Life being what it is, one dreams not of revenge. One just dreams.