And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.

I had literary interests my whole life. I decided at the age of five I was going to be a writer. So I had done a great deal of reading. I suppose I was more at home in Greenwich Village than, say, any of classmates from Warsaw High School. But in any case, it was an overwhelming experience for me. It took me some time to begin to assimilate it.

The full moon - the mandala of the sky.

Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

She needed help, but God was in a meeting whenever she rang.