Lost and Found

by Orson Scott Card

“Dad, I carry crazy in my pocket all the time and keep taking it out to look at it. I’m saying, this Karen thing makes me wonder if it’s sanity I keep in my pocket and it only looks like crazy because I’m already bonkers.” “As good a description of human life as I’ve ever heard,” said Father.

“There’s nothing but lonely people in this world,” said Beth. “Even people who think they’re not lonely, they’re aching with loneliness or the fear of being lonely.