She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock of learning how quickly it could disappear.
Don't put yourself in a time-out.
It's good to be different.
Growing up, I spent summers with my grandparents in a small seaside town in Croatia. It's the most beautiful place on the planet. I still go back every year. It reminds me of what's important in life.
I call my mom and talk to her about random stuff I saw on the Internet. That's kind of the only constant in my day-to-day.
I feel like I do better when I'm offbalance. Every moment is that much more vibrant.
People are generally good but easily corrupted.
The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, "Where is the best place to go to?" He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages--heaven for climate, and hell for society.
There is nothing more essential to getting a project off the ground than the underestimate.
I imagine witches to be people who sit around like my witty grandmother, people who are injustice collectors or humiliation collectors. I choose to imagine that's what a witch is. The reason witches are so evil is because they're so unhappy and so hurt.
Im attracted to the things that people throw away - the shadow goods, in Jungian terms.