He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin.

All I needed for the mind was to be led to new stations. All I needed for the heart was to visit a place of greater storms.

I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works.

He recognizes voices within silence. (of Max Sebald)

In my way of thinking, anything is possible. Life is at the bottom of things and belief at the top, while the creative impulse, dwelling in the center, informs all.

-What is nothing? I impetuously asked.-It is what you can see of your eyes without a mirror, was the answer.

It ain't so easy writing about nothin

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Me: I am very busy now. Can you please excuse me for few minutes?She: Oh ok. But why are you sweating all over your body?Me: I am very busy, that is why. I am dreaming extra-large dreams.

Great writers teach as well as entertain.

In the midst of our worried searching we recklessly abandon the treasures that life has bestowed upon us in the mad hunt for that which we wish to bestow upon ourselves.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended?

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life.

I know how to really work to get new jobs and to get exports that helped to create more new jobs.

That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.