We make ourselves large or small, here or there, in our empathies.

Memory, even in the rest of us, is a shifting, fading, partial thing, a net that doesn't catch all the fish by any means and sometimes catches butterflies that don't exist.

Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.

Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone.

In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds.

The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist.

Memory, even in the rest of us, is a shifting, fading, partial thing, a net that doesn’t catch all the fish by any means and sometimes catches butterflies that don’t.

I was being cured of soldiering on endlessly: my job was now to be still, which had become almost easy at last.

Always, just beyond all these things, was the silver sea, the lace border around all land like the silence around sounds or the unknowns beyond all knowledge.

Disenchantment is the blessing of becoming yourself.

To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential facts those that seem salient.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

The Glory Of God On Earth Demonstrate The Uniqueness Of Heaven

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

Life is an obstacle and forest, when you have accomplished it all, you get a reward. The reward is Heaven.

I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes.

We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.

Yeah, well, he’s still on Dark-Hunter payroll, so tell him to keep his phone turned on. (Talon) Ooo. Getting testy in your fierce nakedness. (Kyrian)

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

When it comes to sexuality, people like to tell lies. It's only when it comes to money that they lie more.