Some Pithy Bits from the Story People

"I held out my hands & asked where I could help & somebody grabbed me & pointed me towards the future & said, You've got your work cut out for you & I said, isn't there anything easier? & he laughed & said you could dig around in the past, but it's just busywork & that made perfect sense so I shrugged & started right where I was, along with everyone else"


"Destiny? there's only your time & then there's not your time, she said. All the rest is made up to keep you busy"



"My favorite holidays are Christmas & disco, he said & I said since when is disco a holiday? & he looked at me with more pity than I thought possible"


"When I grow up, I want to remember that I always wanted to be about a thousand different things & one lifetime didn't seem nearly enough. When I grow up, I hope it's at the very end when it doesn't matter anymore anyway"



"this is a yo-yo that teaches everything there is to know about life, but it spins so fast it's all a blur & it takes a long time to figure out that that's exactly what it's trying to teach you"


"I like to write about the stuff going on in my life as long as it's interesting, but otherwise, I'd rather just read."



"off on another adventure of a lifetime & hoping he won't forget halfway through this time"