Cynicism Is Easy. An Optimist

There Are No Days More Full Than Those We Go Back To.

Even If You're Going To Die, You Might As Well Die Pretty.

I Was Fascinated By The Lack Of A Word For A Parent Who Has Lost A Child. We Have No Word In English. I Thought For Sure There'd Be A Word In Irish But There Is None. And Then I Looked In Several Other Languages And Could Not Find One, Until I Found The Word Sh'khol In Hebrew. I'm Still Not Sure Why So Many Languages Don't Have A Word For This Sort Of Bereavement, This Shadowing.

Téa Obreht Is The Most Thrilling Literary Discovery In Years

With All Respects To Heaven, I Like It Here.