sorrow is easier than guilt.

Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises.

life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack.

Now I am just an elderly lady who is full of spleen, who humps around greater Boston in a God-awful hat, who never lived and yet outlived her time, hating men and dogs and Democrats.

Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one.

Need is not quite belief.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.