Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time.

Returning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.' At this piece of dramatic exposition, I could not hep but roll my eyes. A length of intestines would not carry the weight of a child, much less a full grown man.

It is hard to find a friend,' I said. 'It is the hardest thing in this world,' he agreed.

I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be.

I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.

Come with me into the world and reclaim your independence. You stand to gain so much, and riches are the least of it.

Do you know how much a hundred dollars is?' he asked. I said that I did not and he answered, 'It is a hundred dollars.