“That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.”

“There is until there isn’t. That’s just the way it is. Until it isn’t.”

“My life outlook isn’t cloudy. That’s just the weather report for the rest of my life.”

“Stuff Happens.’ That’s the G-rated version. That’s a bumper sticker thatonly a straight white upper middle class male could have made. Because anyone whoisn’t straight, anyone who isn’t male, anyone who isn’t white, anyone who isn’t upper middle class knows that stuff doesn’t just happen. Stuff gets done by people to people. Nothing is a coincidence. Nothing is random. This isn’t osmosis. And so we act as if it’s this passive thing, but yet that’s not the case.”

“It’s really over, isn’t it?”He laughed and pulled me into his lap. “That’s the beauty of it all. Nothing’s over. It’s just a new start.”

“After all, that’s what you’re best at, isn’t it? Watching?”