“Identity, he believed, wad fluid not fixed.”

“Narrow-shouldered and light framed as i remembered, but forcing his way through the crowds with his arms bowed as if he thought of himself as a heavyweight.”

“After the sparkle fades you have to deal with what's left - whether you like what you see or not”

“You never knew what shape your enemies would take." from the book -- Black Gold of the Sun”

“America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving.”

“I had forgotten that time wasn't fixed like concrete but in fact was fluid as sand, or water. I had forgotten that even misery can end. ”

“Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.”