And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand.

Are anybody's parents typical?

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as they grow older.

Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!

We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We are caught within our own skins, our own sensibilities; we never know if our technique has been adequate to the vision.

If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.