What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.

In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.

The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years.

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.

What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.

If you never forgive you'll always be alone.