I think one of the reasons I'm so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at the same time, which is why my revisions are so sustained.

Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another - physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion.

When you stiffen, you know that whatever you stiffen about is very important. The stuff is important, the fear itself is information.

Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation.

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?

Lonely was much better than alone.

Let your face speak what's in your heart. When my kids walk in the room my face says I'm glad to see them.