“If we want to understand other minds, the minds of cephalopods are the most other of all.”
― Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
― Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
“Why do all my books leave me empty-handed?”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
“Everyone wants the stars. Everyone wishes to grasp that which exists out of reach. To hold the extraordinary in their hands and keep the remarkable in their pockets.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Sometimes I feel like an ampersand. I wake up waiting for the crush. Maybe the body is the only question an answer can’t extinguish. How many kisses have we crushed to our lips in prayer—only to pick up the pieces?”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
“I hold the gun & wonder if an entry wound in the night would make a hole wide as morning”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
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