“...glass words for you, Belovedrain beads from an abacus of pain...”

“...within invisible walls of dreams, we live a life that might have been...”

“children need calmtheyre artists”

“deprived of magic, wonder wanes”

“had almost forgotten the wet brush of your kisses soft as April snowflakes”

“I get mixed up with the life we led and the life I imagined”

“Sometimes lies are more dependable than the truth.”

“Sometimes lies are more dependable than the truth.”

“the same—on this page, or the end of your fingertips—always the same”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“The motions of the comets are exceedingly regular, and they observe the same laws as the motions of the planets, but they differ from the motions of vortices in every particular and are often contr...”

“Innumerable spirits and souls, when spread out through the same space, do not interfere with each other such that the diffusion of one would affect the diffusion of an infinity of others.”

“Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.”