A tolerable hell is better than an impossible heaven.

“Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orien…”

“It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is real. It is a weight you hav…”

“Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicit…”

“I held you in the squareAnd felt the eveningRe-order itself aroundYour smile.”