I am much better at saying how I feel when I no longer feel it.

Where you are born--what you are born into, the place, the history of the place, how that history mates with your own-- stamps who you are, whatever the pundits of globalisation have to say.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.

Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

Names are still magic; even Sharon, Karen, Darren, and Warren are magic to somebody somewhere. In fairy stories, naming is knowledge. When I know your name, I can call your name, and when I call your name, you'll come to me.