The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.

It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?

And I wonder if there is really any point to what I'm doing, or what I'm supposed to make of a world where a man can get rich playing "let's pretend

You know," Glen Bateman said, looking out toward Grand Junction in the early light of morning, "I've heard the saying 'That sucks' for years without really being sure of what it meant. Now I think I know.

I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.

It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.