and the color in my eyes has gone back into the sea.

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity

The wisdom to quit is all we have left.

The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.

She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be.

I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.