Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over.

A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.

If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.

What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in it.

Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?

I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.