cnu-At my fortieth birthday party, my sister swung a baseball bat into…

in movies where time slows down and heroes have entire conversations with themselves before acting.

Real life is crueler.

Real life gives you one breath.

Vanessa crossed the lawn in four long steps. Her face had changed into something I had seen before only in flashes: when a waiter brought her the wrong order, when Brooklyn lost a school award to another continue reading …