“'I'm trying to decide whether to finish grading this set of freshman comp essays or just kill myself,' I joked to my colleague a few days ago. But you actually did it.”

“I know she thinks about my good advice because every time I say it, she goes to the bathroom and locks the door for some time.”

“If I sound confused it's because a stranger was just telling me about her own rape...”

“Dear Barn, Foxes have many tricks for throwing hunters off course.”

“There are letters to us about finding things and people, about how to lose other things and other people. There are books to us, prayers to us, for us.”

“I just received an invoice for the session which you abruptly ended after smelling alcohol on me.”