Since the world has changed so much, the same values don't lead to the same choices anymore.

I wanted so much to have a life. Even just once, even for a second.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Chickens can do many things, but they cannot make sophisticated deals with humans.

I didn't intend to write about totems or people searching. I tried not to constrain myself, and this is what I ended up with. There's this great Auden quote: "I look at what I write so I can see what I think."

I took the world into me, rearranged it, and sent it back out as a question: "Do you like me?

She maintained a careful balance by her window, never allowing the men to come too close, never allowing them to stray too far.