There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

It was the month of May and there was warm sunshine dripping through the holes between the clouds, like the sky was a broken blue bowl and a child was trying to keep honey in it.

If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man.

My whole life is my work.

Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it.

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not been a result we can all agree on.

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.