Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief?
Every experience empowers you twice: First when you enter into it with a whole heart, and again when you leave it with a whole heart.
Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on.
The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer is to change your mind so you can see through the eyes of God.
The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.
We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.
Truly creative people care a little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing. Their driving focus is the life force that surges in them now.
History and memory share events; that is, they share time and space. Every moment is two moments.
Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.
But what Dakota most enjoyed about the beginning of winter was the crispness of the air (that practically demanded the wearing of knits) and the way that tough New Yorkers - on the street, in elevators, in subways - were suddenly willing to risk a smile. To make a connection with a stranger. To finally see one another after strenuously avoiding eye contact all year.