Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.

The perfect man is the true partner. Not a bed partner nor a fun partner, but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with you and possess that quality of joy.

Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand.

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.

I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.

The absolute bedrock of our independence is having control over our own bodies. You cannot be independent if the government or someone else says whether or not you can use birth control. Unless you're in charge of your body, you're not in charge of anything. I think that's really the bottom line of feminism.