“Because how do you tell a woman in a kitchen the tale of her being and self, when she hates the Internet because it makes research too easy, helps others dig deep and deeper into who they are, when she's… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“It seems some people, like George, are just like that, lucky people with stories just circling them like birds, ready to float down for… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“If anyone were ever to ask George why he doesn't fear the things most people do, he would see, perhaps, that yes; it has… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“There's a bench, worn smooth by decades of widows and nannies; I sit, and wonder if he will, if he'll remember it was ours… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“Ah. We are men, of an age, in a city that both is much like New York and is New York, so this question… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“I'm always working, like everyone I know, to seem more amazing and well-rounded and interesting than I actually am, or could ever be. The… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“They each look down now, although not yet at each other. Cabs, whistles, bullets; buses, screams, small sobs; people singing, sighing, pleading with dogs… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“This is us, then, at night. Two men, slowly crumbling, minding our business in the bed we flip four times a year to extend… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“I didn't plan it; in a way, it seems, it planned me. I won, and I was making my acceptance speech, and then the… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“Because how do you tell a woman in a kitchen the tale of her being and self, when she hates the Internet because it… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“How many words are spoken in New York every day, just in Manhattan alone, say? And how many are really heard? Seventeen, maybe. On… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
“Me and Theo feel, personally--this is the kind of stuff we talk about--that lying is most interesting as an action when you don't actually… — Richard Kramer Copy Share Image
