For Jill
And our four children
Taryn, Tim, Jonah, Seah
And for Rob who wanted to see his name in this bookAnd the people of the
Jung Center of Houston, TexasMy special thanks to Gotham Books/Penguin, with whom I am pleased to be associated:
William Shinker, President and Publisher
Lauren Marino, Executive Editor
Hilary Terrell, Assistant Editor
Sarah Reidy, PublicistAnd to Liz Williams, amie et agent provacateur et extraordinaire

The I that I know does not know enough to know that it does not know enough.

And, as Goethe reminds us:. . . so long as you haven't experienced
this: to die and so to grow,
you are only a troubled guest
on the dark earth.