I write because there are things in me that cannot die.

The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like.

even in the loneliest momentsi have been therefor myself.

some winterswill never meltsome summerswill never freezeand some things will only... live in poems.

...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye.

i have laughedmore than daffodilsand cried more than June.

your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide.

To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.

the intensityin your eyesburns my penas i write.

lean in to kiss mein all the placeswhere the acheis the most special.

i writebecauseit is the only wayi can reach you.

We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff, ' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that.

The Parisienne is not in fashion, she is fashion.

The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Photography is motionless and frozen, it has the cryogenic power to preserve objects through time without decay.

If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

By getting to smaller and smaller units, we do not come to fundamental or indivisible units. But we do come to a point where further division has no meaning.