You have a pet theory, one you have been turning over for years, that life itself is a kind of Rube Goldberg… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
“She felt for a moment the child's guilt and panic that she was to blame for something-for finally getting to know him.… — Kevin Brockmeier Children Copy Share Image
“Was that what it meant to be alive - moving from a brightly lit corridor into a darkened room at every step?… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
“I stopped and asked him if he was all right, and he said he was tired of remembering everything he wanted to… — Kevin Brockmeier Forgetting Copy Share Image
“People say they want to die in their own home. But me, I was ready for the hospital. The sterilized sheets, the… — Kevin Brockmeier Computers Copy Share Image
I might not remember how the sky looked on any given day. I do remember, though, what it was like to be… — Kevin Brockmeier Boys Copy Share Image
What I wanted was to write a memoir that was immersive rather than reflective, to resurrect a long-gone version of my own… — Kevin Brockmeier Consciousness Copy Share Image
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or,… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
Sometimes you imagine that everything could have been different for you, that if only you had gone right one day when you… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
Sometimes they rose up inside her, these moments of fierce happiness, kindling out of their own substance like a spark igniting a… — Kevin Brockmeier Alive Copy Share Image
You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of… — Kevin Brockmeier Balance Copy Share Image
I don't think our lives actually unfold with morals attached to them, or meanings that are easily extracted, or jokes designed to… — Kevin Brockmeier Character Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever experienced love knows that you can have too much or too little. You can have love that parches,… — Kevin Brockmeier Defeat Copy Share Image
“For a long time that had seemed to her to be the key to life: Life--real life--was just a solitude waiting to… — Kevin Brockmeier Heart Copy Share Image
“From some infinite distance, ten thousand twists of light are suddenly projected into your eyes. You watch as they shimmer and tighten… — Kevin Brockmeier Astronomy Copy Share Image
...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a… — Kevin Brockmeier Alive Copy Share Image
