When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

I have set off and found that there is no end to even the simplest journey of the mind. I begin, and straight away a hundred alternative routes present themselves. I choose one, no sooner begin, than a hundred more appear. Every time I try to narrow down my intent I expand it, and yet those straits and canals still lead me to the open sea, and then I realize how vast it all is, this matter of the mind. I am confounded by the shining water and the size of the world.

We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth hearing, but not all stories are worth telling.

We live in a world of buy it or leave it. Love does not signify.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

…I noticed a woman whose face was a sea voyage I had not the courage to attempt.