We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

If there is any reason to single out artists as being more necessary to our lives than any others, it is because they provide us with light that cannot be extinguished. They go into dark rooms and poke at their souls until the contours of our own are familiar to us.

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere, without moving anything but your heart.