Words on a page can hypnotize you if the rhythm is right

Dreamily the Princess stood up. "I'm not sure if I can walk," she said. "Then I'll carry you." "Is that what love is?" "I no longer know what love is. A week ago I had a lot of ideas. What love is and how to make it stay. Now that I'm in love, I haven't a clue. Now that I'm in love, I'm completely stupid on the subject.

Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.

You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.

Get yourself in that extreme state of being next to madness. You should always write with an erection. Even if you're a woman.

We approach the divine by enlarging our souls and lighting up our brains.

I've sucked way too much cement for this year. Bad juju rising off them city sidewalks. I need to babble with a brook or two, inhale starlight, make friends with some trees.