We should not forget that when we limp away afflicted through the spirit, it is not to the factory gates or to the corporate steps we pilgrimage. Ins….

You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for th….

The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment..

Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood..

At night, in the garden, it occurs to you that it might have been your heart that left you as you reached the capital. Your heart might not have trav….

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses..

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you..

All innocent mechanisms are muddied up with experience. Children become less and less translucent. Layers of guile and suspicion grow. It's the law o….

I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly of people in power..

People went through life like well handled jugs, collecting chips and scrapes and stains from wear and tear, from holding and pouring life..

There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding only three red berries, whi….

I'll tell you this, lad: A tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it than it can do of the man who's got it on his back..