The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.
Amy HempelIt is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it.
Amy HempelI'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.
Amy HempelThe worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of lossโyou have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a time. Ask a mother who has just lost a child, How many children do you have? "Four," she will say, "โthree," and years later, "Three," she will say, "โfour.
Amy Hempel