"God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising,which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time."
"Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine,
No friends at hand, so I poured alone;
I raised my cup to invite the moon,
Turned to my shadow, and we became three."
"House-bound in winter
Turning to my books before
Even washing my face"
"She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close."
"One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed."
HAPPY ENDING?
There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.
UNDERFACE
Underneath my outside face
Theres a face that none can see
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.
