I thought about it for awhile, hiding it from the rest of my mind. But I didn't ruin my birthday by secretly thinking about it too hard

Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself and listen to it.

There are not too many fables about man's misuse of sunflower seeds.

I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise.

Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.

It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult.

The time is right to mix sentences with dirt and the sun with punctuation and rain with verbs.

Finding is losing something else. I think about, perhaps even mourn, what I lost to find this

I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep.

I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end.

Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream. I'm not, she said.

Tonight I've set my body on fireI've burned my fingers On your chest and absAnd as the flame Continued consuming me I blew my air kisses All over youUntil I've heard The explosion.

Two people kissing always look like fish.

When everything is connected to everything else, for better or for worse, everything matters.

Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

Dawn has a way of casting a pall on any night magic.

Scripts are kind of a bare bones type of reading material.

I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

The spirit of love and good art have equal beauty

The arrival of Ade Akinbiyi gave everyone a lift. He's a natural born goalscorer.