As we all know, the spine ridges of adult cats are highly poisonous. If you are coming to see a kitten that you have adopted, it is important that you check for the location and severity of the spine ridge before attempting any petting. Also, keep your hands away from their mouths. A few of them have developed their venom sacks. We lost two cat adopters already this month, so...let's just be careful people.

— Joseph Fink

But babies become children, and they go to elementary schools that indoctrinate them on how to overthrow governments, and they get interested in boys and girls, or they don't, and anyway they change.

— Joseph Fink

Desperation does not breed empathy or clear thinking.

— Joseph Fink

History is us squinting into the past, mistaking millions of tiny vibrations in all directions for unified, unidirectional movements by entire civilizations.

— Joseph Fink

It didn't matter what he said. The world is terrifying. It always is. But Cecil reminded her that it was ok to relax in a terrifying world.

— Joseph Fink

It's not other people that hurt us, but what we feel about them

— Joseph Fink

Jackie's eyes burned. She wasn't sure if it was an allergic reaction. She couldn't remember ever feeling this sensation. Furthermore, she touched the corner of her eye. It was wet. There was water coming from her eyes and trickling down her cheeks, and she knew she was crying, but she wasn't sure if she had ever cried before.

— Joseph Fink

Josh loved his mother, but he did not know why. Diane loved her son, and she did not care why.

— Joseph Fink

She loved him the way one loves an old bridge or a wool sweater or the sound of a growing tulip.

— Joseph Fink

Such are the foolish dreams of idealistic children who believe that anything can possibly get better over time.

— Joseph Fink