...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, quaking with will, on heron legs, and still the hot muck pours out of you. (p. 27)

oh. she heard it too-no waters coursing, canyon empty, sun soundless- and the beast your life nowhere hiding (p. 103)

Patriarchy is women structuring lifelong decisions around men they haven't met.

There is nothing wrongwith enjoying life’s luxuriesas long as your happinessisn’t contingent on them.

...I think that people who make judgements about other people they don't even know are shallow, and people who start rumors are shallow, and I really don't care what shallow people say about me.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.

You can't please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don't care about Wayne Newton's demographics. When I do, I'll know that it's time to quit.

It's easier in an urban world to cast the blame outward. So I've learned a lot about my own process in that way.

In the history of man it has been very generally the case that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the point of cure.

Apply true focus to what you do best.

Each others' lives are our best textbooks.