It Revealed A Cruelty That

I Let It Ring. I Wanted To Breathe For A Few Minutes, And I Could Think Of Nothing That Couldn't Wait. Besides, I Had Paid Almost $50 For An Answering Machine. Let It Earn Its Keep.

I Did Not Like This Feeling Of Having Feelings.

Rectory Always Sounded To Me Like A Place Where You Would Find A Proctologist.

And As We Should All Know By Now, Anytime You Predict Failure You Have An Excellent Chance Of Being Right.

For The First Time I Could Remember, I Felt Weak, Woozy And Stupid— Like A Human-being. Like A Very Small And Helpless Human-being.