A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.

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If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...