Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.

After that we tried thirty-nine times to stand together on the tube until we finally did. It was fun. I liked the falling part, and holding hangs. Relationships were so easy when all you had to work on was standing up together.

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

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

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

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.

Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.