The Only Way Through Pain…is To Absorb,

Though Friendship Is Not Quick To Burn It Is Explosive Stuff.

An Old Body When It Is Loved Becomes A Sacred Treasure; And Sex Itself Must Always, It Seems To Me, Come To Us As A Sacrament And Be So Used Or It Is Meaningless. The Flesh Is Suffused By The Spirit, And It Is Forgetting This In The Act Of Love-making That Creates Cynicism And Despair.

True Gardeners Cannot Bear A Glove Between The Sure Touch And The Tender Root.

For Any Writer Who Wants To Keep A Journal, Be Alive To Everything, Not Just To What You're Feeling, But Also To Your Pets, To Flowers, To What You're Reading.

Nobody Stays Special When They're Old, Anna. That's What We Have To Learn.