“Picture anybody growing up so stupid he didn't know that hope is just another phase you'll grow out of.”

“You grow up to become living proof of your parents' limitations. Their less-than masterpiece.”

“We all have this moment, when your folks first see you as someone not growing up to be them.”

“Kids grow up connected to nothing these days, plugged in and living lives boosted to them from other people.”

“I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.”

“Another thing is no matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”

“You wake up at SeaTac.I study the people on the laminated airline seat card. A woman floats in the ocean, her brown hair spread out behind her, her seat cushion clutched to her chest. The eyes are wide open, but the woman doesn’t smile or frown. In another picture, people calm as Hindu cows reach up from their seats toward oxygen masks sprung out of the ceiling.This must be an emergency.Oh.”