You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own.

You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.