I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness in a place I didn't know was there. I cursed this man aloud so he could hear. You had dog eyes. You jumped and followed whoever called you. Now you chase your own tail.

A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin.

And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you must save it." And even though I know it's hopeless- there's absolutely nothing left to save-I'm afraid if I tell her that, she'll still persuade me to try.

It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say, but our intentions are different.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

Your only shame is to have shame.

Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.