“That’s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something we’d like to think we’ve grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It’s something you’d hoped was healed.”

“Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that.”

“If emotion can create a physical action, then duplicating the physical action can re-create the emotion.”

“Getting fired,’ Tyler says, ‘is the best thing that could happen to any of us. That way, we’d quit treading water and do something with our lives.”

“All you can do is hope for a pattern to emerge, and sometimes it never does. Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that.”

“Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.”

“Some people still think knowledge is power.”