You’re just the sperm donor, Norm, he says, heading for the door. That’s all you were ever good for. Fucking sperm.
But that's one of the questions I've learned not to ask, because I'll get that condescending look all parents reserve for non-parents, to remind you that you're not yet a complete person.
A lot can go wrong in twelve hours.
Do you believe in God? Not really, he said. No. Then why do we come here? He sucked thoughtfully on his Tums tablet and put his arm around me, draping me under his musty woolen prayer shawl, and then...
Everybody dies alone. That's a fact. Some more alone than others.
Grief can be catered just like anything else.
I don’t think any of us really knows how to knock someone out, Chuck said thoughtfully. You knock someone out with a blow to the head, its got to be a hard one, and nine out of ten times the victim wi...
I loved her for the way she embraced the unknown, how she opened herself up to every experience. When I was with her, she opened me up, too, stirred my passion and heightened my every sensation. Which...
I would have done the same thing I did. I would have put all my energy into loving someone that wasn't you. I would have tried in vain, every day, to not think about you, and what could have been. Wha...
It's hard to imagine her ever having felt lost, but it's impossible to know the people your parents were before they were your parents.
It’s a sad moment when you come to understand how truly replaceable you are.
Our parents can continue to screw us up even after they die, and in this way, they’re never really gone.
Our sages say burying someone is considered the truest form of kindness and respect, as the deceased will not be able to thank you for it.That’s kind of funny, actually, since Dad was not exactly pron...
She was smart and funny and vulnerable and just so goddamned beautiful, the kind of beautiful that was worth being shot down over.
That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.
The future just isn't what it used to be
The women look each other over as they chat, measuring thighs, bellies, hips, and asses, taking into account body types and recent pregnancies. They silently evaluate and pass judgment, realigning the...
There are some people out there who don't wait for what come next. They decide what should come next and they go and make it happen.
We are all smiling in the picture, three brothers having a grand old time just playing around in the living room, no agendas, no buried resentments or permanent scars. Even under the best of circumsta...
Whatever the opposite of a plan is, that's what I've got.
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