“The original meaning of the word ‘comprehension’ is ‘to grasp, to seize something with the hands and hold it tight...’”

“This story is already out of date: New changes have come to the blue-grey cast-iron building at the corner of Grand and Eldridge Street where our story begins. ”

“I have become a hoarder of dreams. Since high school, they’ve slowly piled up. They’re strewn across journals and loose slips of paper, and in the last few years stored on the Cloud, a nice place for dreams.”