...in some situations winning consist[s] of disentangling oneself.
Hope is a psychological mechanism unaffected by external realities.
Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only two hours a day can write in the back of an open truck on the Interstate.
God is the nest we build together.
...I rejoiced in the flaws that made her more real to me
People don't want other people to be people.