Her father kneels and unclasps the urn. Above the waves she falls graceful as snow, my sister, my Sonora.

I wanted to walk faster, to run, far as possible from her, from my entire life, from the first day I ever saw her always just a few steps ahead.

Don't fall in love or let anyone's life become more important than your own.

I am a memory house for those I have lost, those I no longer know.

We remained talking, fighting gently or viciously for what seemed like hours, but it was only minutes or perhaps a second, because it was only a dream.

I meditated on my childhood, vague and distant before high school, where Laura still flickered only on the edge of things.

Our past would dissolve. We would move on from each other and from the ghosts of our youth.

My loves have always been seared with this singing, this singing written by death, the way some lands have always been crippled by war.

I inherited this longing. I was addicted to it. And so I was at home with those who wanted and never had enough. I was at home in the places that could never be. The places found only in dreams.

Nightmares always recur, but never our most beautiful dreams.

When I returned to New York, it had already changed. I always wished things could just remain.

As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his courage for such a life.

Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are.

He who knows the 'Why' for his existence is able to bear almost any 'How'.

What aided the mind made the body suffer. They could choose mental health or physical health, but they could not have both.

What defines a relationship is the work that's involved to maintain it, and it's constantly changing.

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become.

The first step in realization is to always think of God. Then after some years you will realize that you are one with God.

The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.