Status Updates From How to Excavate a Heart

"'I love weather...the uncertainty of it. That even if you've studied the science, you still might not get it right. That's never a guarantee.'"

"'Don't let him take over your life - your beau. He should just be a part of it, doll. Never the whole thing.'"

“I shake the fish thoughts out of my head.”

“All of our ancestors came from the ocean. We’re all fish.”

“I don’t know why she’s being so good to me. I wish she’d be as mean as I’ve been to her so that I could feel okay about how I’ve been acting.”

“The hair she’s referring to is black and thick, with loose curls flying any which way they please..mine is cut short…and puffs out around my face like a lion’s mane.”

“She slams her fists against the hood, yelling and yelling and yelling. I’m transfixed. She’s probably around my age with big eyes and semi-translucent white skin that seems to glow in the light of the high beams.”

“Dead fish can’t break your heart. They can only teach you about the world and what it means to exist in it”