"Nothing is more comforting to people than to have their certainties trumpeted back to them in bold, clear typeface."

"The wind and sun, the salt water, the hard work aged a body rapidly, and when I would look at the old man who clammed…"

"“There is only one term for this war,” said the old man with the sunglasses. “‘Clusterfuck.’ Cluster as in ‘cluster’ …"

"Now I was stuck and could feel the tide of years suddenly beginning to rise around me."

"After my mother finally quit drinking, she entered a brief epoch of peace in her life. Gone were the paranoia, the ac…"

"The lion is fur, muscle, tendon, claw, and speed, five important ingredients of the unfathomable."

"My choice of dog was the quarter pounder. That’s right, the Hindenburg of Wawa processed meat products. Two of those …"

"I had, at the time, an irrational, Luddite inclination that there was something morally bankrupt about making art wit…"

"An honor it was, too, as he told me, “You know that because you don’t get paid anything for it.”"

"The semester began, and I soon discovered that abstract painting was still the order of the day at the university. Mo…"