"A saw my first arcade video game when I was six." (Introduction, p. 7).

"That is the single most amazing thing I've ever heard." (Introduction, p. 9).

"To provide that boy with the life he has, I've had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same." (Introduction, p. 13).

"Tell me 'going nuts' is a stage of grieving." (Chapter 1, p. 24).

"You know, the best thing about video games is you never have to worry about what you're supposed to do." (Chapter 1, p. 55).

"On the morning of my first day at med school, everything was beautiful." (Chapter 2, p. 61).

"You are an orphan now, and I am a widow. We must learn to eat bitterness on our own. Father is no longer here to eat it for us." (Chapter 2, p. 82).

"I knew exactly what I was going to say and how I was going to say it. It was my...