More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

What we do is a wonder, an art, and we have a responsibility to do it well.

The owl is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?

‎"As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.