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Some of the work is simply slowing down visitors and sustaining their attention long enough for the pieces to click together, or for their perspective to shift, or for a light bulb to—literally—go off.

No one can do the hard work of leaving for you, but you can arm yourself with the stories of others—the closest I’ve come to finding a blueprint.

Sometimes, the phrase “formally inventive” ends up being used as a polite synonym for “highbrow, but boring” (or “man, I couldn’t really follow the narrative of this book at all”).

Crushes don’t have to be romantic, or brief. They are best when unrequited. 

In the last few years, audiobooks have helped me rekindle my identity as a reader.

If we can’t beat them—and the deck is stacked heavily against us—the least we can do is try to understand them as best we can.