Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.

A metaphor cannot be paraphrased

Often one finds surprises in a novel, but it is rare to find a novel that is a surprise. Richard Melo's 'Happy Talk' is just that. It is like a collision of William Gaddis, M*A*S*H and The Beguiled. It is a Haiti I could never have imagined and will not soon forget. These nurses are crazy and I wish I knew them.

Why will I bury you? So that one day I might disturb your grave.

It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.