Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.

There are no perfect men of course, but some are more perfect than others, and we can use all of those we can get.

Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport.

The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see that they get the water and sun they need so they can nourish us. And when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.

But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always Spring.