On and off

“At night, she’d lay in bed and watch me turn all the lights off and on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off. She’d close her eyes and imagine that days and nights were passing in front of her.”

Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days

Love and sanity

“I have been wondering, mostly, if love and sanity are the same thing. When I say I am in love I am also saying the world makes sense to me right now.”

Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days

So lucky

“I’m so lucky we all lived through who we were to become who we are.”

Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days

Dumb enough

“When you’re dumb enough for long enough, you’re gonna meet someone too smart to love you, and they’re gonna love you anyway, and it’s gonna go so poorly.”

Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days