His leaving had been like snipping off the end of a rope - leaving two unraveling strands.

He had held out shakily, like a tree that had been hacked down to its breaking point. But that kiss was the last swing, the final impact, and he gave in finally, felled.

Take it easy, friend, " siad Peter, regaining his balance, quickly understanding the condition Henry w

She didn't want to be considered a woman yet, wasn't ready to be the recipient of jewelry from men.

As long as you know most men are like children, you know everything.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person.

I know people who do a lot of drugs, and they keep thinking about things from the past and things ahead. But they're not living right here and now.

You leave the phone on beside you as you fall asleep. I sit in my bed and listen to your breathing, until I know you are safe, until I know you no longer need me for the night.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

Man makes god in his own image.

I'm content because I'm a busy person.

The unconscious mind is way bigger than the conscious mind. Using tools to access its wisdom and self-organizing features is powerful medicine.

All buildings are predictions. All predictions are wrong.