“We cannot carve or forcibly preserveor cultivate belief. If it will grow, it growsas we do - mostly after we have fallen”

“Do you know how,sometimes, when you first wake up,your pulse is so thorough, so slow,that you, and the one who is with you, and the room, and the opening light all seem to swelland subside and swel...”

“One probably hears about it.One, wire, recognizes.One holds her bones up next to each other.One insists, grinding the clutch.One would powder and powder.One would ask out of the back of the throat....”

“And in the sin of wantingalways to be right, the punishmentis knowing it isn't possible.”

“She isn't here, but aroundhere, in a deep raindisappearing.”

“Do not allow yourself to be blinded by fear and anger. Everything is only as it is.”

“Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others.”

“And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day.”

“I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”

“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like b...”

“It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be love...”

“When someone criticizes you, give them two gifts- your smile and a compliment.”

“Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment.”

“Never has it been inappropriate for a girl to wear a red dress.”