Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.

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The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be...

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be...

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye...

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye...

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Shared laughter is erotic too

Shared laughter is erotic too

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third

The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after...

The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after...

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...