The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

what was time but a convention, a habit of mind, a custom of dress?

We all have fantasies about sex that are more perfect than anything in reality.

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

Spring, / you are a pinking shears: you cut / fresh edges on the world.

Love is serene and calm