Just to get serious about this thing, you know. One has to be compassionate. It's true that people are up against things, economically and emotionally.

Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I’m just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique, with all he is and all he was a thousand kisses deep.

Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

We are awakening from the dream of isolation, from the dream of loneliness, and it's a terrible shock.