It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

I am not convinced that men and women were ever meant to share the same house, though some people can do it beautifully.

When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.