Did people ever stop changing? They surprised you with fresh pain. Sometimes they surprised you with happiness, but the pain was the sharper surprise. There was no way to protect yourself from it. People could always change and always hurt you. Of course it went in the other direction too, you could hurt them when you didn't intend it and that too was out of your control.

Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life.

When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it.

Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you.

Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like an addict.

There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait.

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways.