[On parents:] They're not gods to be pleased or devils to be exorcised. They're just there, and we can only hope they understand when we seem less than perfect. And try to understand, ourselves, when they're not all we'd like them to be.
Helen Van SlykeIt's especially fitting that they call a cruise ship 'she,' for she is pregnant with a thousand adult embryos who long to stay forever warm and sheltered in this great white womb.
Helen Van SlykePeople who let the weak or greedy drink their blood sometimes have a need to play God.
Helen Van Slyke