Who’s the asshole, somebody asked, and when he repeated the question I realized he was referring to me.

More often now he reached for words but found only word-shaped holes.

Your waking mindset has gradually destabilized your dreams, and now your dreams have returned the favor. Each morning you wake up wondering if this is the day you begin to find your way back.

A grid system was developed in order to rationalize intuitive choices.

At the time it felt catastrophic, but in retrospect it was a golden era.

He was someone who could at the same time be held in the highest esteem and lowest contempt.

Driving back, you remember the hopeful innocent you were just a week ago, still on your way. 

Two and a half drinks in, trying to build a fire the way his father did, cursing, hating himself.