Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)

by Daniel Nayeri

To lose something you never had can be just as painful—because it is the hope of having it that you lose.

When the immigrants came to America, they thought the streets would be paved with gold. But when they got here, they realized three things: The streets were not paved with gold. The streets were not paved at all. They were the ones expected to do the paving.