The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward….

He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good..

nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be..

He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them..

The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me..

And I see that not touching for so long was a drive to the beach with the windows rolled up so the waves feel that much colder..

I assemble stories-me and a hundred million other people-at the sentence level. Not by coming up with a sweeping story line..

The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me..

I would like to go for a ride with you, have you take me to stand before a river in the dark where hundreds of lightning bugs blink this code in sequ….

Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the quest….

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be..

I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, it’s that they’re dog, and th….

I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself..

A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there..

All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits. Maidy didn't tell….

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed..

I get rational when I panic..

I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thri….

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time..

An idea might spark an essay, but never a story..

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey..