I wanted to be a novelist for so long.
From Alice Sebold
I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.
I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.
I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.
To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things.
I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.
In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.
I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.
I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.
We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.
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