We don't have a drug store or a workout facility. I find it hard to believe this is the United States of America.

In order to rebuild you need to have substantial net worth of your own. There is no institutional assistance.

What you won't see is people on the streets.

The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things.

And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.

But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.