Books Are The Perfect Entertainment:

Even At Eleven, He Had Observed That Things Turned Out Right A Ridiculous Amount Of The Time.

There Were Times . . . When It Occurred To Me That I Was Repeating My Mother's Life. Usually This Thought Struck Me As Funny. But If I Happened To Be Tired, Or If There Were Extra Bills To Pay And No Money To Pay Them With, It Seemed Awful. I'd Think 'this Isn't The Way Our Lives Are Supposed To Be Going.' Then I'd Think 'half The World Has The Same Idea.

I Think Telling Stories Is Like Pushing Something. Pushing Against Uncreation Itself, Maybe.

In Small Towns People Scent The Wind With Noses Of Uncommon Keenness.

Politics Always Change. Stories Never Do.