The birds brought seeds & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so she would remember the wild joy of spring when she finally awoke.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.