“Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing,… — Adam Berlin Anger Copy Share Image
“We play phone tag, back and forth, the kind of tag where it's clear we're avoiding each other, where no one wants… — Adam Berlin Avoidance Copy Share Image
“Let's take a walk. You can show me some of your memories and I'll show you some of mine.” — Adam Berlin Getting to know someone Copy Share Image
“And I'd noticed her eyes, the lightest blue, and alive, moving here and there and then staring straight on. And now there's… — Adam Berlin Blue eyes Copy Share Image
“She can look at you and make you feel like you’re the only one in the world. Even if it’s not true,… — Adam Berlin Child Copy Share Image
“He wanted to break me, the me I'd made, the me I'd needed to make, my need, mine, my whole life since… — Adam Berlin Change Copy Share Image
“She takes another sip of her drink. She looks around the bar. I look at the fine muscles in her neck, at… — Adam Berlin Drink Copy Share Image
“He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers… — Adam Berlin Billy Copy Share Image
“The digging continues ... Ground Zero it looks more and more like a construction site. Too much of the horror is gone.… — Adam Berlin 9-11 Copy Share Image
“Her grief has not so much changed her as stripped her down, stripped her body and her face.” — Adam Berlin Change Copy Share Image
“I try to remember everything, every thing, but sometimes I forget something. I don’t even know what it is sometimes, but I… — Adam Berlin Grief Copy Share Image
“I turn the water all the way hot, turn my back to the water, and I take it. I close my eyes… — Adam Berlin 9-11 Copy Share Image
