I tried to speak in a cool, calm way, but the zombie rose up in my throat and choked me off.

I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one.

That’s one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.

I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain.

I wish you’d find the exit out of my head.