Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence.

The human body is mostly blood and mystery and sadness.

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others.

You've got to rise from the floor alone or fall back alone.

If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.

there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock

The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.