This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved.

To write for children at all is an act of faith.

Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.

I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.

Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast

Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding, neither following, both fully being, in joyful rhythm.

To share poetry is one of the most intimate acts of friendship possible.