So dawn goes down today... Nothing gold can stay.-- Robert Frost.

I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And that’s why I write fiction, probaby. It’s my attempt to keep that fragile strand of radical hope, to buld a fire in the darkness.R.

She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.

I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee.

Because you're my friend, wingnut.

Most of my friends were in band, and most of my free time during school was spent within twenty feet of the band room.