Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot.

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working

I wasn't quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, I wasn't sure she knew me either.

I feel like my eyes are killing me at the end of the day and that I shouldn't use them.

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.

I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.