Leave Society's epigraph—"Nothing is as it appears to be. This is not glib."—is by Kathleen Harrison, whom I wrote about visiting in Trip. 

My fourth novelIt's my first epigraph. It was easy to choose. I didn't consider anything else. 

I considered using just "Nothing is as it appears to be" but decided, at some point, to include "This is not glib" because it seems true and because I feel like some-to-many people will think or feel something like "That seems glib" after reading "Nothing is as it a...