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Writer and painter · American
American writer and painter
“There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turne...”
“I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.”
“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.”
“The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same-”
“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & t...”