If I choose to write about sheep, it's just because I happened to write about sheep. There is no deep significance.

The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want us the kind of strength to be able to absorb that kind of power, to stand up to it.The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortunes, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings.

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.

It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.

I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely.

Now and then may not be enough…You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. enjoy it to the fullest. You can use the memories of what you did to warm your body after you get old and can’t do it anymore.

Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.