“Shadows go in front of you, leading into your future, and trail behind you, leaving a part of you in the past. They are clearest when we are in the light, and disappear when we lose ourselves in da...”

“Theres a word for the first blush of youthful love free of desire. For longing to be with someone so much you would rather throw yourself to the tides than be without them. For the stale but steady...”

“I wish many things, but I wish I had been able to tell you that I love you, in so many more ways than that word can convey in Alben.”

“Do you dislike Children? I ask, entertained at the little ones cleverness in dodging capture attempts. I dont dislike them, nor do I like them. Ive never understood why one must love children simpl...”

“Thank you for giving me another chance.""Thank you for deserving one.”

“It makes a soul lonely when even your tongue has no home.”

“Like the perfect collision of oils on a canvas. She was a walking piece of art. Words and all.”

“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”

“It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to b...”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”

“He had something in him, how he walked, how he carried himself with that carelessness, he wasnt my type entirely, if I ever had a type of guy before him.”