It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

It took me as long as I had known him to get rid of all of his words. Like turning an hourglass over.

I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.

She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.