Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

If I want to act relaxed, it's going to take all my cunning, skill, and concentration.

clocks in disagreement are worse than no clock at all.

This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator.

As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent.

I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them.

By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.