She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile.

You'll consider what you did wrong & bookend your reflections with hunger - no supper, no breakfast.

There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.

It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.

The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time.

Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend

The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy.