They developed a tentative friendship based on mutual respect, books, and a running disagreement about whether images or statistics could tell a more complete story.

I once saw the three of them laughing over a photograph in a café and felt an almost overwhelming urge to capture the moment.

I left my phone in my pocket.

Not every memory needed to become evidence that I was a changed man.

Marianne’s research program expanded into two more schools.

She continued to reject offers that would compromise its independence, including some that came through acquaintances of mine.

The twins moved toward university applications with plans that changed monthly, as teenagers’ plans should.