But some people have to get lucky just to live. And I never knew I could make anybody lucky.

Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.

I work. And I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work.

And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.

Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.