You're wonderful. Unique. I love you.

Then why does Kenneth Anger wear a picture locket on a chain around his neck? On one side of the locket there is a picture of you; on the other there is an image of a frog with an inscription: "Bobby Beausoleil changed into a frog by Kenneth Anger." A voodoo amulet, so to say.

I just live one day at a time. That's my new theory in life.

I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himself. That things as they are -- her hand circles in a gesture that gathers clouds and kites and grass and Queenie pawing earth over her bone - just what they've always seen, was seeing Him. As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes.

And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

New York is the only real city-city.

There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.