“Silence rolled at me, in”— Joyce Carol Oates Related Quotes “When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.”— Ted Kooser “Try to be thoughtful, don’t make the poor man say it;see how human he is,he has children of his own,it is your job to ask:And now he can never not nod.And now he can never say no.And now he can never not say.”— Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno “I close my eyes, but my mind runs and runs. Tubes and fluids enter my body, but there’s nothing to stop the anxiety. My heart pounds and sometimes I fear I’m on the cusp of crossing into whatever lies on the other side of sane.”— James Morris