Living on the water took away the boundaries created by land and custom and introversion. Without fences and driveways, the water provided a constant thread of connection and dependency.

… real life hardly ever unfolds the way we’d like it to, not like in a story.

There's something about physical labour that helps to chase away any lingering internal demons.

If you're going to make the past your present, be prepared for a lifetime of dust ...

We need stories in order to understand ourselves, for good or bad, to be inspired or horrified, it's how we cope with being human and how we decide what type of person we will become.

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

His eyes are peculiar. There is nothing in them, like an eclair without the cream filling. It's wrong, lack of cream.

The million little things that drop into your hands The small opportunities each day brings He leaves us free to use or abuse And goes unchanging along His silent way.

It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements.

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.

Women should work with local and state leaders and be vocal about ensuring there's more diversity and more women involved.

I can always see ways to improve what I've done. At the same time, knowing it's all an ongoing life's work allows me to be less precious about blind alleys, failed experiments, and misfires.

Wherever you have people, you have factions and disagreements and personality conflicts.

My parents always told me I could do anything, but never told me how long it would take

Hookers don't like to snuggle.