Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Gust have to go for the long haul. Curiosity's like a fun friend you can't really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own - with whatever guts you can muster

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts.

I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel.

When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.

I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be borrowing.

No matter what form the relationship might take, he was the only person she could picture sharing her life with.