. . . time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee. . . . I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. |
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you |
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you |
A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. |
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. |
A word after a word after a word is power |
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. |
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. |
Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked; as I never was when I was not one |
Canada was built on dead beavers. |
Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up. |
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. |
Gardening is not a rational act. |
He's very in depth, on the dark side. He's interested in structure and how things work. After reading his books you can't just be a tourist in those places, only seeing the sunny side. |
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it. |