I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything. Period.

I do believe that great love brings with it the terror and possibility of great loss.

It's terrible to know that no matter how you try to help your child, his condition will worsen.

I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it.

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything. Period.

Although I don't think love is quantitatively measured - in other words, I don't believe that you "don't know love until you have a child," that whole thing - I do believe it is qualitatively different.

I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.