...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper...

...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't teach that in school...

...the wet brush of snowflakes was like your kisses everywhere ...

...no good writing flows from a polluted well - you can write about monsters, but you can't be one...

...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms...

...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ...

...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...

...you think so logically...like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically...like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth...

...you fantasize about me reading my poems to you - it doesn't work that way - I write down everything later - living is not an after-thought...

...if you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain...

...is worship too strong a word? yes, I worship you - to worship is to give worth to something – isn’t that what love is all about?...

A mind that opens its door to fears, doubts, grudges, jealousy and anger, compromises its peace in return.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that refledts it.

Miss Gerhart, the last time I saw you, you had quite a mouthful to shout at me. You’re really quiet today. Cat got your tongue?

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive.

I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind.

A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused.

Primates are very territorial. It is in their nature to protect their food resources as well as their females and young.

Take care that you hold not your priceless life so cheap as gold.

Being you is the only thing worth spotlighting.