Every day a question mark.

If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee.

It's something that I know how to do because I taught for a very long time, so I can do it, and I feel a responsibility to do it - for instance, in this situation, where I'm touring specifically for this period of time. But most writers are not public people. There are a few writers out there who really enjoy it and are good at it, and can both work and do that at the same time, but I'm not one of those people.

There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.

All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why -- really know -- it will come.

The sun came through the branches of the tree above her, and Ruth looked up past them. "I think she listens," she said, too softly to be heard.

I loved the way the burned-out flashcubes of the Kodak Instamatic marked a moment that had passed, one that would now be gone forever except for a picture.