“Our past sins, our fractured lives--soon nothing but drowned stars in dark skies.”

“we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome”

“A litany of headlights blinding her, she stands unsteady on the dotted traffic line, takes timid steps toward rolled up windows behind which any horror could crouch....”

“The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.”

“Were both in a rut. And when two people have the different open wounds, they can relate and try to heal each other. Maybe itll be the same for Kayla and me. Itll be a long a run, but we might as we...”

“They suffered with his death and she - she suffered with their reaction to it.”

“Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the unce...”

“Don't take life for granted or love ones for granted. Today may be the only time you have left to smell the roses, to laugh at silly jokes, to dance in the rain, or to hold your loved ones close. L...”

“The weak can't bear to face their weaknesses in the presence of our strength.”

“Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.We laughed, knowing that better men would come,And greater wars: whe...”

“I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.”

“It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.”