Learning to love back is the hardest part of being alive.

I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.

Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe.

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.

The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.

Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.

There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are.