But As Long As You

I Will Tell You Something About Stories . . . They Aren't Just Entertainment. Don't Be Fooled. They Are All We Have, You See, All We Have To Fight Off Illness And Death.

But Sometimes What We Call 'memory' And What We Call 'imagination' Are Not So Easily Distinguished.

Relationships. That's All There Really Is. There's Your Relationship With The Dust That Just Blew In Your Face, Or With The Person Who Just Kicked You End Over End. ... You Have To Come To Terms, To Some Kind Of Equilibrium, With Those People Around You, Those People Who Care For You, Your Environment.

Things Which Don't Shift And Grow Are Dead Things.

Fortunately, Her Year Of Graduate Classes Prepared Her For Obnoxious Conduct.