A dancer on break approached him. She smiled. Each tooth was angled in a different direction, as if her mouth were the masterwork of a mad orthodontist. Hi, she said. Hi. You're really cute. I don't h...
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
It be nicer to think your parents, who worked hard, gave you those presents instead of some creepy stranger?
You may want to know if Tyrese ever goes down to Florida and what happens to TJ and Latisha. You may be wondering if Shauna and Linda stay together and what that means to Mark. But I can’t tell any of...
You learn a lot about relationships when your job, in some ways, is to break them up. But the truth is, almost every relationship has breaking points. Every relationship has fissures and cracks. That...
You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.
Why do humans never really learn the lessons we are supposed to? What is in our makeup, in fact, that draws us to that which should sicken us?
They think my male helplessness is cute. When a single mother does any of those things, she is neglectful and on the receiving end of the superior moms’ scorn.
They say possesions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.
There was an old joke about being left on a deserted island with an editor. You are starving. All you have left is a glass of orange juice. Days pass. You are near death. You are about to drink the ju...
There is the old catch-22 line that a mentally unstable person can't know, as per their illness, that they are unstable. But that was wrong. You can and do have the insight to see your own crazy.
The truth may be better than lies... But it doesn't always set you free.
The eyebrows were his most prominent feature—unusually thick and angry and constantly undulating
Telling someone who was clinically depressed, for example, to shake it off and get out of the house was tantamount to telling a man with two broken legs to sprint across the room. That was all well an...
Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.
Some things we pack away, stick in the back of the closet, never expect to see again but we can't quite make ourselves discard them. Like dreams, I guess.
Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to read. That is not true, of course. We all have our own dreams and hopes and wan...
Or maybe it’s a ploy to get more sex. She gave him a look that curled his chopsticks. Maybe it’s working, she said. Maybe I’ll slip into something more comfortable, he said. Not that Batman mask again...
One time Clu tried to explain it to me, Enos continued. ‘Sometimes,’ he said, ‘you don’t want to escape the world; sometimes you want to escape yourself.’ He cocked his head. Do you believe that? Not...
Myron was just getting comfortable when he heard a toilet flush. He looked a question at Win. I am not alone, Win said. Oh. Myron adjusted himself on the couch. A woman? Your gifts, Win said. They nev...