It takes a long time for a father to drive the love out of a child. - Jim Harrison

If you added it up, without her there was nothing — but with her even the simplest of gestures of walking a bird dog in the desert, or selecting the ingredients for a meal for two rather than one took on an ineffable charm.

(from the novella, Revenge)

There is the question of whether life is long enough to get over anything. I sat down on the ground to avoid tipping over from the enormity of it all.

"Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, "Que pasa, baby?