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

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 write one poem a year, usually in January or February.

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

I think it's more important to concentrate on trying to be, simply, happy. Once you've known deep despair, you feel even more motivated to be as happy as possible. That's how I feel.

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

The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.