The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.
Amy HempelI had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.
Amy HempelAs soon as I knew that I would be all right, I was sure that I was dead and didn't know it. I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence. I waited for the moment that would snap me out of my seeming life.
Amy HempelWear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
Amy Hempel