She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.