Even Feigning Surprise, Pretending It Was Unexpected

The Wrong Words Are Impossible When There Are No Words.

When You Pick Up A Novel From The Bed Side Table, You Put Down Your Own Life At The Same Time And You Become Another Person For The Duration.

There Is No Perfect Time To Write. There Is Only Now.

The Arc Of History Is Longer Than Human Vision. It Bends. We Abolished Slavery, We Granted Universal Suffrage. We Have Done Hard Things Before. And Every Time It Took A Terrible Fight Between People Who Could Not Imagine Changing The Rules, And Those Who Said, 'we Already Did. We Have Made The World New.' The Hardest Part Will Be To Convince Yourself Of The Possibilities, And Hang On.

God, Why Does A Mortal Man Have Children? It Is Senseless To Love Anything This Much.