“All this family shit! Harry said. How can you reinvent your life if the original versions won't leave you alone?” — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“Trying to change yourself is as hard as trying to change the universe. Maybe there’s no difference. The fact is, shit happens… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“Every time you hear a car alarm, Ruby said, another New Yorker has gone to hell.” — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“Some people like to bitch, Rose said. Bitching is OK. But for me, I choose a kind of joy -- a lucid compulsion --… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“So put your costume on, honey! Ruby said. Set Harlequin free! That party monster of yours is screaming to come out. Let the monster… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“The Shy Hunter is terrified that others will destroy the truth within his heart, Rose said, And so the Shy Hunter armours himself ...… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“At our table in the corner by the window, huddled around a flame in a red glass, all of us, body to body to… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“A person without her or his own truth ain't a person at all, Ida said. Anybody who tells you different—is a jackass, and no… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“You know, Rose said, You're not the first man in history who thinks his cock is the path to wisdom. You're not the first… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
