“But maybe its the laboring that gives you shape. Might the most fulfilling times be those spent solo at your tasks, literally immersed or not, when you are able to uncover the smallest surprises an...”

“Dont sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?”

“What hasty preperations we make for our future. Think of it: it seems almost tragic, the things were sure we ought to bring along. We pack too heavy with what we hope well use, and too light of wha...”

“For no matter the shadows of an age, the picture of a young couple in love, we are told, speaks most luminously of the future, as the span of that passion makes us believe we can overleap any walls...”

“Her endeavor was misguided and wrong and maybe plain crazy, akin to someone waking up one day and deciding hes going to scale Kilimanjaro because he cant stop imagining the view from the top, the p...”

“It was in the work that she came closest to finding herself, by which we dont mean gaining self-knowledge or understanding ones true nature but rather how at some point you can see most plainly tha...”

“Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and immediately all my biggest fears start running through my mind. I wonder if my fears will one day be my new reality. The fears seem so real. I str...”

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and side benefit the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and rang...”

“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...”