I Was Born In Washington State And

You Should Learn To Say Nothing That Will Cause You Regret. You Should Not Say What Is Not In Your Heart - Or What Is Only In Your Heart For A Moment. But You Know This - Silence Is Better.

I Grew Up In Seattle, But I Always Knew I Wanted To Leave.

To Deny That There Was This Dark Side Of Life Would Be Like Pretending That The Cold Of Winter Was Somehow Only A Temporary Illusion, A Way Station On The Way To The Higher "reality" Of Long, Warm, Pleasant Summers. But Summer, It Turned Out, Was No More Real Than The Snow That Melted In Wintertime.

It's A Brooding Melancholy That Haunts Me.

Don Quixote Is One That Comes To Mind In Comparison To Mine, In That They Both Involve Journeys Undertaken By Older Men. That Is Unusual, Because Generally The Hero Of A Journey Story Is Very Young.