When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me.

There is no downside to winning. It feels forever fabulous.

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

Through sports a coach can offer a boy a secret way to sneak up on the mystery that is manhood.

The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return to our real life to face the wounds and grief indigenous to our homr by the river.

I learned that if I could read, I could cook. I surprised myself I like it.