There are worse words than cuss words there are words that hurt.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Better immersion than to live untouched.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Life without risk is a life that is benign and sterile.

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.

I love clothes. No brands want to dress me.

Poetry for me has been a long pilgrimage, a journey and a growing relationship with the unknown.

My kids are funny. They won't eat the heels on a loaf of bread. So I patiently explained to them that they eat rolls, and rolls are all crust, just like heels...and now they won't eat rolls!

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.

Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment Islam wouldn't exist today.