You remember too much," my mother said to me recently. "Why hold onto all that?" And I said, "where can I put it down?

They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.

At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I'm just sad.

Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.

M: Is he smart I: She yes very smart sees right through me M: In my day we valued blindness rather more

Comfortable means gradually more and more flattened down, more and more blunt - less and less sharp and biting into you.

Do you remember when they taught cursive in schools? I think they don't anymore. But I still enjoy it - just the physical act and all the - the whole business of making a thing out of language.