“It occurred to me that both Maria and I were on the run in the twenty-first century, just like George Sand whose name was also Amantine was on the run in the nineteenth century, and Maria whose name was also Zama was looking for somewhere to recover and rest in the twentieth. We were on the run from the lies concealed in the language of politics from myths about our character and our purpose in life. We were on the run from our own desires too probably, whatever they were.”
― Things I Don't Want to Know
― Things I Don't Want to Know
“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier?”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“I supposed to savour is to hold something in your mouth for more than a moment, to linger and draw out its details. Sometimes you are far too hungry to wait, and things get lost. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that I write things into remembrance. I like to linger long enough to name pleasurable things and seek out more.”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
“It must be a great disappointment to God if we are not dazzled at least ten times a day.”
― Blue Horses
― Blue Horses
“Smoking cheap Spanish filthy sock-tobacco under a pine tree was so much better than trying to hold it together on escalators. There was something comforting about being literally lost when I was lost in every other way...”
― Things I Don't Want to Know
― Things I Don't Want to Know
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