Instead I will say, "Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me to your fingers; take me to your deaths." These are worth it. These are what I have come for.

“It’s a good excuse, though, orphanhood. It explains everything—every mistake an…”

“A lot of people call you a feminist painter.""What indeed," I say. "I hate part…”

“Roz added sheep to Heaven. They would be outside the window, naturally.”

“There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.”