Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

I was always searching, always seeking the next big thing, because that was the thing that was going to make everything all right again. And while I was working toward it, it gave me something to think about other than that thing I couldn't put my finger on. But it always came back.

I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.

Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse.

But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.

Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?