Miracles were nonsense, mere coping mechanisms. - Jaroslav Kalfař

I wanted the basic needs of human existence—satiation of hunger, good health, love—to take on the shapes of small fruits we could plant and harvest. But who would be the plantation owners, and who the harvesters?

My father never did anything else after that," Valerie said. "Mostly, he became a drunk. But a man only needs one thing to be proud of. It will carry him through the rest of his life.

The universe assigned the tasks of speaking and kissing to the lips because there is never a need to do both at the same time.