Why not? I can be miserable if I want to. You don't need to try and make it go away. It shouldn't go away. It's just as sad as it ought to be and I'm not going to hide from what's true just because it hurts.

Pain was greedy; it demanded all of her attention.

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously$$$ you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

...maybe you think up North is way different from down South. Don't believe it and don't count on it. Custom is just as real as law and can be just as dangerous.

Narrative is radical$$$ creating us at the very moment it is being created.

...when the little boy discovered$$$ at four$$$ the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he lost all interest in himself.

The narrower their lives$$$ the wider their hips.

More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows$$$ I fear pathless nights. How$$$ I wonder$$$ can I find you in the dark?

Unless carefree$$$ mother love was a killer.

A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.