Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down..

Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely..

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one’s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or ir….

Her eyes were those of someone who's just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of so….

Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is….

That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, i….

Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends..

It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness..

It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of the living. Ghosts long, I'm sure,….

Me, when I'm utterly exhausted by it all, when my skin breaks out, on those lonely evenings when I call my friends again and again and nobody's home,….

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place..

Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life..

Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesn't change….

Chilled-looking people walking along the riverside, the snow beginning, faintly, to pile up on the roofs of cars, the bare trees shaking their heads ….

Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141)..

With a cold"--she spoke evenly, lowering her eyes a little--"now is the hardest time. Maybe even harder than dying. But this is probably as bad as it….

The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are the model for Adam ….

The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make fo….

Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I've got in my hand and rub it into his face. That's how much I like hi….

I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else..

If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up..