"I didn't know how much I depended on being depended on by her" (My Mother Hated Flying, p. 4).

"I wish I felt like racing over to him and throwing my arms around his neck" (So I Don't Do Anything, p. 26).

"Not after mom did all the hard work of teaching me to be a descent human being" ("Welcome to California!" p. 31).

"I feel like I've just stumbled through the looking glass into the Whip Logan museum" (In the Living Room, p. 42).

"I'm burning up with missing her, as if I'm getting ready to break apart, to just disintegrate - like the space shuttle did over Texas" (Home, p. 49).

"Because after that I'm never really sure if it's me they like or just the fact that she's my mother" (You're Whip Logan's Kid, Right?" p. 75).

"Jesus. What is my problem? Why did I have to say that" (I'm Sitting...