I had a very free childhood and ranged around on my bicycle the way boys do. I had few restrictions.

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that.

Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position.

...whom he had saved from a life of excessive freedom

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

The universe is transformation.

Being a girl didn't really affect me until I entered junior high and had to wear skirts, curl my hair, and even get used to panty hose. However, my hatred of panty hose helped make me a writer who only wears comfortable clothes. I've successfully avoided panty hose for most of my life.