Jeff Zentner

“I want you to be careful in this world. My heart is wrapped up in you.”

— Jeff Zentner

“Don't think that way," my mom says. "We need to think positively." How's this: I am positively fucked.”

— Jeff Zentner

“Pareidolia. One of my favorite words. It's when your mind sees a pattern you recognize where there isn't one. Like seeing a…

— Jeff Zentner

“Weird how we're programmed to get pleasure from destroying ourselves.”

— Jeff Zentner

“Now I'm standing here, writing the final chapter of my son's portion of the history of my life. I never imagined that…

— Jeff Zentner

“Gray, desolate dread descends on me--a cloud of ash blocking the sun. A complete absence of light or warmth. A tangible, mold-scented…

— Jeff Zentner

“She's it. She's my everything. She's the standard by which I'll judge beauty for the rest of my life. I'll measure every…

— Jeff Zentner

“No one knows how anybody lives through anything. People just do.”

— Jeff Zentner

“When he was sad, he never used it as an occasion to make anyone else sad.”

— Jeff Zentner

“I wish it would rain. Torrents. So hard it would cleanse me of worry and trouble; so hard it would lift the…

— Jeff Zentner

“I guess guilt doesn't sleep, it only eats.”

— Jeff Zentner

“Sometimes, though, you want to remember every minute you spent with someone. You want to remember even the most mundane moments. You…

— Jeff Zentner

“I should wait. I don't want to come off as a weirdo. But also I'm now keenly aware of how important it…

— Jeff Zentner

“Grief is weird. It seems to come in these waves out of nowhere. One minute I'm standing in the ocean, fine. The…

— Jeff Zentner

“My mind twirls with mysteries. The eternities. Life. Death. I can't stop it. It's like staring in the mirror for too long…

— Jeff Zentner