Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't.

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors of the world pass through our bodies like strings of fire.

the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

Everything you study, everything you learn, makes you a better writer, because you have more understanding of how things work.

The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it.

I wrote to make sense out of all the contradictions I experienced and to deal with the pain and loss I was undergoing.