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Now I Am In The Place I Call This Wide Wide Heaven Because It Includes All My Simplest Desires But Also The Most Humble And Grand. The Word My Grandfather Uses Is Comfort. So There Are Cakes And Pillows And Colors Galore, But Underneath This More Obvious Patchwork Quilt Are Places Like A Quiet Room Where You Can Go And Hold Someone's Hand And Not Have To Say Anything. Give No Story. Make No Claim. Where You Can Live At The Edge Of Your Skin For As Long As You Wish.

In My 20s, I Railed Against Anything 'spiritual', I Thought It Was All Crap.

He Was Beginning To Understand: You Were Treated Special And, Later, Something Horrible Would Be Told To You.

Your First Kiss Is Destiny Knocking.

Loss Could Be Used As A Measure Of Beauty In A Woman.