As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes, floors and walls gone, two people in a universe of space and stars.

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

We live in a silent explosion, Everything is flying away from everything else... flying away... flying away...

Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or cowboys, clowns, ballerinas. As if it's not enough just to be a dog or cat or turtle.

It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. It never stops. It is, always. It's just here.

In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.

In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew