

“A friend in word is never friend of mine.”
― Antigone
― Antigone

“Blackness. Nothingness. It was in the shape of a giant, hazy shadow, enveloping me, swallowing me, and digesting me into the unknown. It was my biggest fear and my ultimate fate.”
― The Shadow Girl
― The Shadow Girl

“To my way of thinking the function of the poet is to make us aware of what we know and don't know we know.”
― With William Burroughs: A Report From The Bunker
― With William Burroughs: A Report From The Bunker

“There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees.”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
― Sputnik Sweetheart

“They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can't help ... just the sort of person I can't help falling in love with."
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As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. They sent Calypso someone she couldn't help but love. But it worked both ways. For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
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As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. They sent Calypso someone she couldn't help but love. But it worked both ways. For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
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