“He was making music - Howells, Finzi, Holst - so you could see the sounds in the serried air.Serried. Then just as suddenly empty when his sound-proof right hand closed off the notes.”

“No one is exempt and everyone's pain has a different smell. At night, when all the colours die,they hide in pairsand read about themselvesin colour, with their eyelids shut.”

“The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.”

“Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings-- they cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain. I have never seen one fly, but sometimes the...”

“...much of poetry in the making is the fiddle with a few items. You lay a word against another and wait. You try another word. And another. Yet another. You wait. You begin again. Listening. Lookin...”

“The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“My faith has strengthen. God has shown me through my son with Down syndrome to not take anything for granted. I'm more grateful.”

“Often people ask, "How can you say you're blessed to have a son with Down syndrome?" My outlook on life has forever changed. I see my own challenges differently. He's always showing me that life is...”

“I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities,and right away they loved them and decided to ght for them.That isnt my story.”