“A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you”
“How is that possbile?' Harrison asked. 'He is so *hot*.''My dad? Christ, that's gross.''He is.''Ew.”
“I'll swap you my dad," I said."Oh-oh," said my little sister.”
“I’m older now than my dad was when he was my age. Wait, that’s not right. That’s not my dad at all, that’s just some stranger hanging around in my memory. ”
“I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.”
“This is how it essentially is for Bunny Junior. He loves his dad. He thinks there is no dad better, cleverer, or more capable, and he stands there beside him with a sense of pride — he's my dad — and he also, of course, stands beside him because he has nowhere else to go.”