My night stand is more like a geological structure: a bunch of books piled on the floor with its own strata.

Everything got piled on the floor.

Base stealers are often considered their own breed: reckless, egocentric, even a touch mad.

Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.

The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.

Honestly, I had no idea what to do on Twitter when I started. I didn't follow it enough. Slowly, though, I started to realize what I'm okay at. Like, I'm just not particularly witty.