She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

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

Eating is never so simple as hunger.

I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.

we all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.

Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He's pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator.