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

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".

Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.

I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.

Except heaven is a hope, and eden is a memory .

We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty. Wouldn't you think?

Developing your blog is a balancing act between appeasing current readers and reaching out to new ones.

It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.

When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.

The human comedy does not attract me enough. I am not entirely of this world. I am from elsewhere, and it is worth finding this elsewhere beyond the walls...but where is it?

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

this lifeless paper, cruel imposter, was the only to take her with him

False notes can be forgiven, false music cannot.

The best painting is totally non-narrative. It doesn't have to tell you a story.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.