Even the smallest of steps point toward distant horizons.

Even though I don’t speak Portuguese, I have the word golfinho seared into my memory, the sound clear and vivid and the pronunciation of each vowel flawless in my ear.

Understanding what triggers the desire to rush toward and cover a crisis isn’t an easy task.

Here is the momentum of your past choices.

Here are the convenient, pacifying, comfortable fictions.

Just because something is made up doesn’t mean it’s not true.