When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere.

I had thought loving two people so much would straighten it.

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done.

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out.

Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it.

When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere.

These bits of poetry that stick to her like burrs.