Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart.

Say what you will to the force that governs the universe. Perhaps we'll call it into being, and it will yet love us as we love it.

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.

The truth is most women are weak, be they mortal or immortal. But when they are strong, they are absolutely unpredictable.

I was influenced by the medieval theological beliefs when I presented Satan in Jesus' dream as unable to figure out who or what Jesus is, and unable to see the future.

Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And victory is far more interesting to contemplate than revenge.

And I loved this moment for all it's pain...We seemed for a moment like two parts of the same thing.