"Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still."
- Whitney Otto
"All you have to go on is the faith of a kiss."
"The worst dream of the night, when you are parted from someone you love and you do not know exactly where he is, but you know that he is in the presence of danger. You are tormented by a desire to kee..."
"While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high."
"Think about what binds you to your husband and he to you. Marvel at the strength of that bond, which is both abstract and concrete, spiritual and legal."
"No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart. The tragedy is that one can still live with the force of hatred, feel infuri..."
"Read "The Story of O." Convince yourself that it was in fact written by a woman or someone who thinks like a woman."
"…she eventually forgave him, because she understood him."
"The truly terrible thing about this life, was not knowing what you want, but only able to recognize what you do not want. You have to spend so much time and energy trying to find it out, time that oth..."
"Don’t panic. If you write, you’ll be a writer."