She is the weakness you think of as strength while I am the strength you have no idea is there.

The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them.

The heart knows nothing except its own mind.

the heart knows nothing except its own mind

and when hecatches meoff guardand says'i love you'i catch himoff guardand say 'i need your help.

loss takes as much as love does, sometimes more

the sadness will ebbthe trouble is the time it might take

Thoughts can follow you anywhere.

you live each day one at a timeyou live every day all at onceyou live with the possibility of good-byeyou move on.

A Cue from NatureRun outside during a thunderstormThat downpour, that conquered hesitation, that exhilarationThat’s what unlonely is like

When I turned to look at you, I was afraid to move again—the moment was just too beautiful to be lost.

Hold on to the darkness... I will come looking for your light.

In urban America, you do not so much meet a romantic partner as inherit the product of someone else's romantic crimes.

Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason-hubris.

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

The best 45 years of my life were the 5 years I spent with Ton Jones.

My mother was an authority on pig sties. This is the worst looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life, and I want it cleaned up right now.

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled.

Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful.